2006 Utah Code - 73-16-4 — Members of commission.

     73-16-4.   Members of commission.
     There shall be three members of the Bear River Compact commission from the state of Utah. One member shall be the interstate stream commissioner of Utah and he shall be chairman of the Utah delegation. The other two commissioners from Utah shall be appointed by the state water and power board with the consent of the governor, and they shall hold office at the pleasure of the water and power board and until their successors shall have been appointed and qualified. Each member shall be a bona fide resident of the state of Utah and one shall be a landowner and irrigator actually residing on and operating a farm within the lower division as defined by the compact and one shall be a landowner and irrigator actually residing on and operating a farm within the upper division as defined by the compact. The Utah water and power board may with the consent of the governor appoint two alternate members of the Bear River commission. One such alternate shall be a bona fide resident of the state of Utah and a landowner and irrigator actually residing on and operating a farm within the lower division as defined by the compact and he shall be entitled to act at all regular and special meetings of the Bear River commission whenever the regular member of the commission from this same area is unable to serve and act. One such alternate shall be a bona fide resident of the state of Utah and shall be a landowner and irrigator actually residing on and operating a farm within the upper division as defined by the compact and he shall be entitled to act at all regular and special meetings of the Bear River commission whenever the regular member of the commission from this same area is unable to serve and act. Each member of the commission from Utah shall receive a per diem plus necessary expenses, as provided by law.

Amended by Chapter 320, 1983 General Session