Organization of board -- Interstate conferences -- Designation of representative -- Salary -- Compacts -- Ratification required.
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(1) The board shall elect a chair and one or more vice-chairs who shall be members of the board, and shall establish the board's own rules of organization and procedure.
(2) The board, with the approval of the executive director of the Department of Natural Resources and the governor, shall designate a representative who may be one of the board's members to represent the state in all interstate conferences between the state and one or more sister states held for the purpose of entering into compacts between such states for the division of the waters of interstate rivers, lakes, or other sources of water supply, and to represent the state upon all commissions or other governing bodies provided for by any compacts that have been or may hereafter be entered into between the state and one or more sister states. A compact may not become binding upon the state until the compact is ratified and approved by the Utah State Legislature and the legislatures of other states that are parties to the compact.
(3) In acting as such representative of the state, the representative so acting shall act under the supervision of the governor, through the executive director of the Department of Natural Resources and of the Board of Water Resources. The director of the Division of Finance shall fix the salary to be paid to the representative while the representative is acting in this capacity.
(4) The designee of the Water Resource Board shall continue to represent the state as outlined in Subsections (2) and (3) on waters in the state except for the Colorado River system which is governed by Title 63M, Chapter 14, Colorado River Authority of Utah Act.