Utah Code § 17-81-102: Protection area advisory board.

(1)

(a)

(i) A county legislative body shall appoint no more than five members from the county's conservation district board of supervisors to serve as the agriculture protection area advisory board.

(ii) A county legislative body shall appoint an industrial protection area advisory board.

(iii) Subject to Subsection (1)(b), a county legislative body shall form a critical infrastructure materials protection area advisory board that consists of:

(A) the executive director of the Department of Transportation, or the executive director's designee;

(B) a local government elected official appointed by the county legislative body;

(C) a representative of a local highway authority appointed by the county legislative body;

(D) a representative of the critical infrastructure materials industry appointed by the county legislative body; and

(E) a representative of the construction industry appointed by the county legislative body.

(b)

(i) A county legislative body may appoint an advisory board before or after a proposal to create an agriculture protection area or industrial protection area is filed.

(ii) A county legislative body shall appoint a critical infrastructure materials protection area advisory board only after a proposal to create a critical infrastructure materials protection area is filed.

(2) A member of an advisory board shall serve without salary, but a county legislative body may reimburse members for expenses incurred in the performance of the member's duties.

(3) An advisory board shall:

(a) evaluate proposals for the establishment of the relevant protection areas and make recommendations to the applicable legislative body about whether the proposal should be accepted;

(b) provide expert advice to the planning commission and to the applicable legislative body about:

(i) the desirability of the proposal;

(ii) the nature of agricultural production, industrial use, or critical infrastructure materials operations, as the case may be, within the proposed area;

(iii) the relation of agricultural production, industrial use, or critical infrastructure materials operations, as the case may be, in the area to the county as a whole; and

(iv) which agriculture production, industrial use, or critical infrastructure materials operations, should be allowed within the relevant protection area; and

(c) perform the other duties required by this chapter.