2006 Utah Code - 62A-5a-103 — Coordinating Council for Persons with Disabilities -- Creation -- Membership -- Expenses.

     62A-5a-103.   Coordinating Council for Persons with Disabilities -- Creation -- Membership -- Expenses.
     (1) There is created the Coordinating Council for Persons with Disabilities.
     (2) The council shall consist of:
     (a) the director of the Division of Services for People with Disabilities within the Department of Human Services, or his designee;
     (b) the director of family health services programs, appointed under Section 26-10-3, or his designee;
     (c) the executive director of the Utah State Office of Rehabilitation, or his designee;
     (d) the state director of special education, or his designee;
     (e) the director of the Division of Health Care Financing within the Department of Health, or his designee;
     (f) the director of the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health within the Department of Human Services, or his designee;
     (g) the superintendent of Schools for the Deaf and Blind, or his designee; and
     (h) a person with a disability, a family member of a person with a disability, or an advocate for persons with disabilities, appointed by the members listed in Subsections (2)(a) through (g).
     (3) (a) The council shall annually elect a chair from its membership.
     (b) Five members of the council are a quorum.
     (4) (a) State government officer and employee members who do not receive salary, per diem, or expenses from their agency for their service may receive per diem and expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties from the council at the rates established by the Division of Finance under Sections 63A-3-106 and 63A-3-107.
     (b) State government officer and employee members may decline to receive per diem and expenses for their service.

Amended by Chapter 8, 2002 Special Session 5