Utah Code 4-20-103. Utah Grazing Improvement Program Advisory Board

(1)

Commissioner: means the commissioner of agriculture and food. See Utah Code 4-1-109
Department: means the Department of Agriculture and Food created in Chapter 2, Administration. See Utah Code 4-1-109
Land: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
Livestock: means cattle, sheep, goats, swine, horses, mules, poultry, domesticated elk as defined in Section 4-39-102, or any other domestic animal or domestic furbearer raised or kept for profit. See Utah Code 4-1-109
Regional board: means a regional grazing advisory board with members appointed under Section 4-20-104. See Utah Code 4-20-102
Restricted account: means the Rangeland Improvement Account created in Section 4-20-105. See Utah Code 4-20-102
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
State board: means the Utah Grazing Improvement Program Advisory Board created under Section 4-20-103. See Utah Code 4-20-102

(a)	There is created within the department the Utah Grazing Improvement Program 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 63L-11-201; and

(c)

advise the department on the requests and recommendations of:

(i)	regional boards;

(ii)	county weed control boards, created in Section 4-17-105;

(iii)

cooperative weed management associations; and

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

Amended by Chapter 84, 2022 General Session
Amended by Chapter 382, 2021 General Session

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