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Utah Code Title 73. Water and Irrigation § 73-10g-306. Local councils--Creation

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

(1) A proposed local council may be certified by the Utah Watersheds Council under Subsection 73-10g-305(1)(c) if:

(a) the organizing documents and policies of the proposed local council:

(i) provide for an open and equitable system of governance;

(ii) encourage participation by a water user or group of water users, other watershed groups, mutual irrigation companies, distribution system committees, and other stakeholders within the watershed; and

(iii) require that:

(A) a majority of the members of the local council constitutes a quorum; and

(B) an action of the local council be approved by no less than a majority of the members of the local council;

(b) in a balance appropriate for the watershed, the proposed local council membership includes watershed stakeholders who reside or work within the watershed or own or control the right to divert or use water within the watershed and is representative, where feasible, of at least these interests:

(i) agriculture;

(ii) industry;

(iii) Indian tribes;

(iv) public water suppliers, as defined in Section 73-1-4;

(v) water planning and research institutions;

(vi) water quality;

(vii) fish and wildlife;

(viii) water dependent habitat and environments;

(ix) watershed management, such as distribution system committees functioning within the watershed;

(x) mutual irrigation companies;

(xi) land use planning agencies; and

(xii) local sponsors of Bureau of Reclamation projects;

(c) for each of the five watersheds that drain into Great Salt Lake, the proposed local council includes a person designated by the Great Salt Lake local watershed council, if the Great Salt Lake local council is certified; and

(d) for the Great Salt Lake watershed, the proposed local council includes a person designated by each of the five watersheds that drain into Great Salt Lake that has a certified local watershed council.

(2) A local council may invite state and federal agencies to name representatives as liaisons to the local council.

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