2011 Utah Code
Title 19 Environmental Quality Code
Chapter 4 Safe Drinking Water Act
Section 103 Drinking Water Board -- Members -- Organization -- Meetings -- Per diem and expenses.

19-4-103. Drinking Water Board -- Members -- Organization -- Meetings -- Per diem and expenses.
(1) The board created under Section 19-1-106 comprises 11 members, one of whom is the executive director and the remainder of whom shall be appointed by the governor with the consent of the Senate.
(2) No more than five appointed members shall be from the same political party.
(3) The appointed members shall be knowledgeable about drinking water and public water systems and shall represent different geographical areas within the state insofar as practicable.
(4) The 10 appointed members shall be appointed from the following areas:
(a) two elected officials of municipal government or their representatives involved in management or operation of public water systems;
(b) two representatives of improvement districts, water conservancy districts, or metropolitan water districts;
(c) one representative from an industry which manages or operates a public water system;
(d) one registered professional engineer with expertise in civil or sanitary engineering;
(e) one representative from the state water research community or from an institution of higher education which has comparable expertise in water research;
(f) two representatives of the public who do not represent other interests named in this section and who do not receive, and have not received during the past two years, a significant portion of their income, directly or indirectly, from suppliers; and
(g) one representative from a local health department.
(5) (a) Members of the Utah Safe Drinking Water Committee created by Laws of Utah 1981, Chapter 126, shall serve as members of the board throughout the terms for which they were appointed.
(b) Except as required by Subsection (5)(c), as terms of current board members expire, the governor shall appoint each new member or reappointed member to a four-year term.
(c) Notwithstanding the requirements of Subsection (5)(b), the governor shall, at the time of appointment or reappointment, adjust the length of terms to ensure that the terms of board members are staggered so that approximately half of the board is appointed every two years.
(6) When a vacancy occurs in the membership for any reason, the replacement shall be appointed for the unexpired term.
(7) Each member holds office until the expiration of the member's term, and until a successor is appointed, but not for more than 90 days after the expiration of the term.
(8) The board shall elect annually a chair and a vice chair from its members.
(9) (a) The board shall meet at least quarterly.
(b) Special meetings may be called by the chair upon his own initiative, upon the request of the executive secretary, or upon the request of three members of the board.
(c) Reasonable notice shall be given each member of the board prior to any meeting.
(10) Six members constitute a quorum at any meeting and the action of the majority of the members present is the action of the board.
(11) A member may not receive compensation or benefits for the member's service, but may receive per diem and travel expenses in accordance with:
(a) Section 63A-3-106;

(b) Section 63A-3-107; and
(c) rules made by the Division of Finance pursuant to Sections 63A-3-106 and 63A-3-107.