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Utah Code Title 11. Cities, Counties, and Local Taxing Units § 11-59-302. Number of board members--Appointment--Vacancies--Chairs

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) The board shall consist of 12 members as provided in Subsection (2).

(2)(a) The president of the Senate shall appoint two members of the Senate to serve as members of the board.

(b) The speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint two members of the House of Representatives to serve as members of the board.

(c) The governor shall appoint five individuals to serve as members of the board:

(i) one of whom shall be a member of the board of or employed by the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity, created in Section 63N-1a-301;

(ii) one of whom shall be an employee of the facilities division; and

(iii) one of whom shall be an elected official from a municipality in close proximity to the municipality in which the point of the mountain state land is located.

(d) The Salt Lake County mayor shall appoint one board member, who shall be an elected Salt Lake County government official.

(e) The mayor of Draper, or a member of the Draper city council that the mayor designates, shall serve as a board member.

(f) The commissioner of higher education, appointed under Section 53B-1-408, or the commissioner's designee, shall serve as a board member.

(3)(a)(i) Subject to Subsection (3)(a)(ii), a vacancy on the board shall be filled in the same manner under this section as the appointment of the member whose vacancy is being filled.

(ii) If the mayor of Draper or commissioner of higher education is removed as a board member under Subsection (5), the mayor of Draper or commissioner of higher education, as the case may be, shall designate an individual to serve as a member of the board, as provided in Subsection (2)(e) or (f), respectively.

(b) Each person appointed or designated to fill a vacancy shall serve the remaining unexpired term of the member whose vacancy the person is filling.

(4) A member of the board appointed by the governor, president of the Senate, or speaker of the House of Representatives serves at the pleasure of and may be removed and replaced at any time, with or without cause, by the governor, president of the Senate, or speaker of the House of Representatives, respectively.

(5) A member of the board may be removed by a vote of two-thirds of all members of the board.

(6)(a) The governor shall appoint one board member to serve as cochair of the board.

(b) The president of the Senate and speaker of the House of Representatives shall jointly appoint one legislative member of the board to serve as cochair of the board.

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