{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-17-81-102","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 17-81-102","heading":"Protection area advisory board.","body":"(1)\n(a)\n(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.\n(ii) A county legislative body shall appoint an industrial protection area advisory board.\n(iii) Subject to Subsection (1)(b), a county legislative body shall form a critical infrastructure materials protection area advisory board that consists of:\n(A) the executive director of the Department of Transportation, or the executive director's designee;\n(B) a local government elected official appointed by the county legislative body;\n(C) a representative of a local highway authority appointed by the county legislative body;\n(D) a representative of the critical infrastructure materials industry appointed by the county legislative body; and\n(E) a representative of the construction industry appointed by the county legislative body.\n(b)\n(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.\n(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.\n(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.\n(3) An advisory board shall:\n(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;\n(b) provide expert advice to the planning commission and to the applicable legislative body about:\n(i) the desirability of the proposal;\n(ii) the nature of agricultural production, industrial use, or critical infrastructure materials operations, as the case may be, within the proposed area;\n(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\n(iv) which agriculture production, industrial use, or critical infrastructure materials operations, should be allowed within the relevant protection area; and\n(c) perform the other duties required by this chapter.","path":["Title 17 Counties","Chapter 17-81 Agriculture, Industrial, and Critical Infrastructure Materials","Part 17-81-1 General Provisions"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title17/Chapter81/17-81-S102.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"dddccd8cbf6a23b9bca7e0029cb558a0864acf8e04e4ec6a0ee33b6e3f8a9a90","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-17-81-101","next":"us-ut/utah-code-17-81-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}