17-81-102. Protection area advisory board.
(1) 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. A county legislative body shall appoint an industrial protection area advisory board. Subject to Subsection, a county legislative body shall form a critical infrastructure materials protection area advisory board that consists of: (1)(b) the executive director of the Department of Transportation, or the executive director's designee; a local government elected official appointed by the county legislative body; a representative of a local highway authority appointed by the county legislative body; a representative of the critical infrastructure materials industry appointed by the county legislative body; and a representative of the construction industry appointed by the county legislative body. 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. 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: 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; provide expert advice to the planning commission and to the applicable legislative body about: the desirability of the proposal; the nature of agricultural production, industrial use, or critical infrastructure materials operations, as the case may be, within the proposed area; 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 which agriculture production, industrial use, or critical infrastructure materials operations, should be allowed within the relevant protection area; and perform the other duties required by this chapter.