Full text of Utah Utah Code § 17-81-102 — Protection area advisory board., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 17-81-102. Protection area advisory board.
Effective 11/6/2025
17-81-102.
Protection area advisory board.
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| (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. |
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| (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. |
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| (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 |
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| (c) | perform the other duties required by this chapter. |
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Renumbered and Amended by Chapter
14, 2025 Special Session 1
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