Protection area advisory board

(1) (a) (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. (ii) A county legislative body shall appoint an industrial protection area advisory board. (iii) Subject to Subsection (1)(b), a county legislative body shall form a critical infrastructure materials protection area advisory board that consists of: (A) the executive director of the Department of Transportation, or the executive director's designee; (B) a local government elected official appointed by the county legislative body; (C) a representative of a local highway authority appointed by the county legislative body; (D) a representative of the critical infrastructure materials industry appointed by the county legislative body; and (E) a representative of the construction industry appointed by the county legislative body. (b) (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. (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) 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) An advisory board shall: (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; (b) provide expert advice to the planning commission and to the applicable legislative body about: (i) the desirability of the proposal; (ii) the nature of agricultural production, industrial use, or critical infrastructure materials operations, as the case may be, within the proposed area; (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 (iv) which agriculture production, industrial use, or critical infrastructure materials operations, should be allowed within the relevant protection area; and (c) perform the other duties required by this chapter.