§ 4-20-1.5. State Grazing Advisory Board -- Duties.

(1)

(a) There is created within the department the State Grazing Advisory Board.

(b) The commissioner shall appoint the following members:

(i) one member from each regional board;

(ii) one member from the Conservation Commission, created in Section 4-18-104;

(iii) one representative of the Department of Natural Resources;

(iv) two livestock producers at-large; and

(v) one representative of the oil, gas, or mining industry.

(2) The term of office for a state board member is four years.

(3) Members of the state board shall elect a chair, who shall serve for two years.

(4) A member may not receive compensation or benefits for the member's service but may receive per diem and travel expenses in accordance with:

(a) Section 63A-3-106;

(b) Section 63A-3-107; and

(c) rules made by the Division of Finance pursuant to Sections 63A-3-106 and 63A-3-107.

(5) The state board shall:

(a) receive:

(i) advice and recommendations from a regional board concerning:

(A) management plans for public lands, state lands, and school and institutional trust lands as defined in Section 53C-1-103, within the regional board's region; and

(B) any issue that impacts grazing on private lands, public lands, state lands, or school and institutional trust lands as defined in Section 53C-1-103, in its region; and

(ii) requests for restricted account money from the entities described in Subsections (5)(c)(i) through (iv);

(b) recommend state policy positions and cooperative agency participation in federal and state land management plans to the department and to the Public Lands Policy Coordinating Office, created under Section 63J-4-602; and

(c) advise the department on the requests and recommendations of:

(i) regional boards;

(ii) county weed control boards, created in Section 4-17-4;

(iii) cooperative weed management associations; and

(iv) conservation districts created under the authority of Title 17D, Chapter 3, Conservation District Act.

Amended by Chapter 227, 2013 General Session