Utah Code § 11-68-301 Board -- Membership -- Term -- Quorum -- Vacancies -- Duties.
11-68-301. Board -- Membership -- Term -- Quorum -- Vacancies -- Duties.
(1) The authority is governed by a board.
(2) The board is composed of:
(a) the director of the Division of Facilities Construction and Management or the director's designee;
(b) the commissioner of agriculture and food or the commissioner's designee;
(c) two members, appointed by the president of the Senate:
(i) who have business related experience; and
(ii) of whom only one may be a legislator, in accordance with Subsection (3)(e);
(d) two members, appointed by the speaker of the House:
(i) who have business related experience; and
(ii) of whom only one may be a legislator, in accordance with Subsection (3)(e);
(e) five members, of whom only one may be a legislator, in accordance with Subsection (3)(e), appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the Senate in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 24, Part 2, Vacancies, as follows:
(i) two members who represent agricultural interests;
(ii) two members who have business related experience; and
(iii) one member who is recommended by the Utah Farm Bureau Federation;
(f) one member, appointed by the mayor of Salt Lake City with the advice and consent of the Senate, who is a resident of the neighborhood located adjacent to the fair park land;
(g) a representative of Salt Lake County, if Salt Lake County is party to an executed lease agreement with the authority; and
(h) a representative of the Days of '47 Rodeo.
(3)
(a)
(i) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(a)(ii), a board member appointed under Subsection (2)(c), (d), (e), or (f) shall serve a term that expires on the December 1 four years after the year that the board member was appointed.
(ii) In making appointments to the board, the president of the Senate, the speaker of the House, the governor, and the mayor of Salt Lake City shall ensure that the terms of approximately 1/4 of the appointed board members expire each year.
(b) Except as provided in Subsection (3)(c), appointed board members serve until their successors are appointed and qualified.
(c)
(i) If an appointed board member is absent from three consecutive board meetings without excuse, that member's appointment is terminated, the position is vacant, and the individual who appointed the board member shall appoint a replacement in accordance with the procedures described in this section.
(ii) The president of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the governor, or the mayor of Salt Lake City, as applicable, may remove an appointed member of the board at will.
(d) The president of the Senate, the speaker of the House of Representatives, the governor, or the mayor of Salt Lake City, as appropriate, shall fill a vacancy that occurs on the board for any reason by appointing an individual in accordance with the procedures described in this section for the unexpired term of the vacated member.
(e) No more than a combined total of two legislators may be appointed under Subsections (2)(c), (d), and (e).
(4) The governor shall select the board's chair.
(5) A majority of the members of the board is a quorum for the transaction of business.
(6) The board may elect a vice chair and any other board offices.
(7) The board may create one or more subcommittees to advise the board on any issue related to the state fair park.
(8) A member described in Subsection (2)(e) shall comply with the conflict of interest provisions described in Title 63G, Chapter 24, Part 3, Conflicts of Interest.
(9) The board shall create and may, as the board considers appropriate, modify:
(a) a business plan for the authority;
(b) a financial plan for the authority that projects self-sufficiency for the authority within two years; and
(c) a master plan for the fair park land.
Amended by Chapter 529, 2024 General Session