1. (1)

   1. (a)

      1. (i) A county legislative body shall appoint no more than five members from the county's conservation district board of supervisors to serve as the agriculture protection area advisory board.
      2. (ii) A county legislative body shall appoint an industrial protection area advisory board.

      3. (iii) Subject to Subsection (1)(b), a county legislative body shall form a critical infrastructure materials protection area advisory board that consists of:

         1. (A) the executive director of the Department of Transportation, or the executive director's designee;
         2. (B) a local government elected official appointed by the county legislative body;
         3. (C) a representative of a local highway authority appointed by the county legislative body;
         4. (D) a representative of the critical infrastructure materials industry appointed by the county legislative body; and
         5. (E) a representative of the construction industry appointed by the county legislative body.

   2. (b)

      1. (i) A county legislative body may appoint an advisory board before or after a proposal to create an agriculture protection area or industrial protection area is filed.
      2. (ii) A county legislative body shall appoint a critical infrastructure materials protection area advisory board only after a proposal to create a critical infrastructure materials protection area is filed.
2. (2) A member of an advisory board shall serve without salary, but a county legislative body may reimburse members for expenses incurred in the performance of the member's duties.

3. (3) An advisory board shall:

   1. (a) evaluate proposals for the establishment of the relevant protection areas and make recommendations to the applicable legislative body about whether the proposal should be accepted;

   2. (b) provide expert advice to the planning commission and to the applicable legislative body about:

      1. (i) the desirability of the proposal;
      2. (ii) the nature of agricultural production, industrial use, or critical infrastructure materials operations, as the case may be, within the proposed area;
      3. (iii) the relation of agricultural production, industrial use, or critical infrastructure materials operations, as the case may be, in the area to the county as a whole; and
      4. (iv) which agriculture production, industrial use, or critical infrastructure materials operations, should be allowed within the relevant protection area; and
   3. (c) perform the other duties required by this chapter.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 14, 2025 Special Session 1