Utah Code 73-10c-3. Water Development Coordinating Council created — Purpose

(1)

Board: means the Board of Water Resources created in Section 73-10-1. See Utah Code 73-10c-2
Council: means the Water Development Coordinating Council created by Sections 79-2-201 and 73-10c-3. See Utah Code 73-10c-2
Drinking Water Board: means the Drinking Water Board appointed according to Section 19-4-103. See Utah Code 73-10c-2
Financial assistance programs: means the various programs administered by the state whereby loans, grants, and other forms of financial assistance are made available to political subdivisions of this state to finance the costs of water and wastewater projects. See Utah Code 73-10c-2
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
Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
Water Quality Board: means the Water Quality Board appointed according to Section 19-5-103. See Utah Code 73-10c-2
Waters of this state: means any stream, lake, pond, marsh, watercourse, waterway, well, spring, irrigation system, drainage system, or other body or accumulation of water whether surface, underground, natural, artificial, public, private, or other water resource of the state which is contained within or flows in or through the state. See Utah Code 73-10c-2

(a)

There is created within the Department of Natural Resources a Water Development Coordinating Council. The council is comprised of:

(i)	the director of the Division of Water Resources;

(ii)	the executive secretary of the Water Quality Board;

(iii)

the executive secretary of the Drinking Water Board;

(iv)	the director of the Housing and Community Development Division or the director’s designee;

(v)	the state treasurer or the state treasurer’s designee; and

(vi)	the commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Food, or the commissioner’s designee.

(b)	The council shall choose a chair and vice chair from among the council’s own members.

(c)

A member may not receive compensation or benefits for the member’s service, but may receive per diem and travel expenses in accordance with:

(i)	Section 63A-3-106;

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

(iii)

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

(2)

The purposes of the council are to:

(a)	coordinate the use and application of the funds available to the state to give financial assistance to political subdivisions of this state so as to promote the conservation, development, treatment, restoration, and protection of the waters of this state;

(b)	promote the coordination of the financial assistance programs administered by the state and the use of the financing alternative most economically advantageous to the state and its political subdivisions;

(c)	promote the consideration by the Board of Water Resources, Drinking Water Board, and Water Quality Board of regional solutions to the water and wastewater needs of individual political subdivisions of this state;

(d)	assess the adequacy and needs of the state and its political subdivisions with respect to water-related infrastructures and advise the governor and the Legislature on those funding needs; and

(e)	conduct reviews and reports on water-related infrastructure issues as directed by statute.

Amended by Chapter 238, 2023 General Session

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