Utah Code 4-20-103. Utah Grazing Improvement Program Advisory Board — Duties
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Terms Used In Utah Code 4-20-103
- 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 :(18)(a) land;(18)(b) a tenement;(18)(c) a hereditament;(18)(d) a water right;(18)(e) a possessory right; and(18)(f) a claim. See 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
(1)(a) There is created within the department the Utah Grazing Improvement Program Advisory Board.(1)(b) The commissioner shall appoint the following members:(1)(b)(i) one member from each regional board;(1)(b)(ii) one member from the Conservation Commission, created in Section 4-18-104;(1)(b)(iii) one representative of the Department of Natural Resources;(1)(b)(iv) two livestock producers at-large; and(1)(b)(v) one representative of the oil, gas, or mining industry. - Livestock: means cattle, sheep, goats, swine, horses, mules, poultry, domesticated elk as defined in Section
(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:
(4)(a) Section 63A-3-106;
(4)(b) Section 63A-3-107; and
(5) The state board shall:
(5)(a) receive:
(5)(a)(i) advice and recommendations from a regional board concerning:
(5)(a)(i)(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
(5)(a)(i)(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
(5)(a)(ii) requests for restricted account money from the entities described in Subsections (5)(c)(i) through (iv);
(5)(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
(5)(c) advise the department on the requests and recommendations of:
(5)(c)(i) regional boards;
(5)(c)(ii) county weed control boards, created in Section 4-17-105;
(5)(c)(iii) cooperative weed management associations; and
(5)(c)(iv) conservation districts created under the authority of Title 17D, Chapter 3, Conservation District Act.