4-20-1.5 - State Grazing Advisory Board -- Duties.
               	 		 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 4-18-4;
      (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, butmay 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 and63A-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 trustlands 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 schooland 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 andstate land management plans to the department and to the Public Lands Policy CoordinatingOffice 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 under 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 278, 2010 General Session
Amended by Chapter 286, 2010 General Session