Number of board members -- Appointment -- Vacancies.
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(1) The authority's board shall consist of 11 members, as provided in Subsection (2).
(2)
(a) The governor shall appoint two board members:
(i) one of whom shall be an individual engaged in statewide economic development or corporate recruitment and retention; and
(ii) one of whom shall be an individual engaged in statewide trade, import and export activities, or foreign direct investment.
(b) The president of the Senate shall appoint one board member.
(c) The speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint one board member.
(d) The mayor of Salt Lake County, or the mayor's designee, shall serve as a board member.
(e) The chair of the Permanent Community Impact Fund Board, created in Section 35A-8-304, shall appoint one board member from among the members of the Permanent Community Impact Fund Board.
(f) The mayor of Salt Lake City, or the mayor's designee, shall serve as a board member.
(g) A member of the Salt Lake City council, selected by the Salt Lake City council, shall serve as a board member.
(h) The city manager of West Valley City, with the consent of the city council of West Valley City, shall appoint one board member.
(i) The director of the Salt Lake County office of Regional Economic Development shall serve as a board member.
(j) The mayor of the Magna metro township, or the mayor's designee, shall serve as a board member.
(3) An individual required under Subsection (2) to appoint a board member shall appoint each initial board member the individual is required to appoint no later than June 1, 2018.
(4)
(a) A vacancy in the board shall be filled in the same manner under this section as the appointment of the member whose vacancy is being filled.
(b) A person appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve the remaining unexpired term of the member whose vacancy the person is filling.
(5) A member of the board appointed by the governor, president of the Senate, or speaker of the House of Representatives serves at the pleasure of and may be removed and replaced at any time, with or without cause, by the governor, president of the Senate, or speaker of the House of Representatives, respectively.
(6) The authority may appoint nonvoting members of the board and set terms for those nonvoting members.
(7) Upon a vote of a majority of all board members, the board may appoint a board chair and any other officer of the board.
(8)
(a) An individual designated as a board member under Subsection (2)(g), (i), or (j) who would be precluded from serving as a board member because of Subsection 11-58-304(2):
(i) may serve as a board member notwithstanding Subsection 11-58-304(2); and
(ii) shall disclose in writing to the board the circumstances that would otherwise have precluded the individual from serving as a board member under Subsection 11-58-304(2).
(b) A written disclosure under Subsection (8)(a)(ii) is a public record under Title 63G, Chapter 2, Government Records Access and Management Act.
(9) The board may appoint one or more advisory committees that may include individuals from impacted public entities, community organizations, environmental organizations, business organizations, or other organizations or associations.