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(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) 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. 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 their 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.