Current through the 2024 Fourth Special Session
Section 23A-8-404 - Mitigation review panel(1) A mitigation review panel may be convened to review:(a) a depredation mitigation plan; or(b) division action under Section 23A-8-405.(2) Membership of the mitigation review panel shall consist of:(a) the director or the director's designee;(b)(i) the commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Food or the commissioner's designee; or(ii) a representative of agricultural interests appointed by the commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Food; and(c) a representative of Utah State University Extension Service appointed by the Vice President and Dean for University Extension.(3)(a) The director shall convene a mitigation review panel if: (i) a landowner or lessee appeals a depredation mitigation plan under Subsection 23A-8-403(2)(b)(ii);(ii) the director requests review of a depredation mitigation plan; or(iii) the division receives a petition of an aggrieved party to a final division action under Section 23A-8-405.(b) Within five business days of an appeal under Subsection 23A-8-403(2)(b)(ii) or a division request for review, the mitigation review panel shall review the depredation mitigation plan and approve or modify the plan.(c) A mitigation review panel shall act on a petition described in Subsection (3)(a)(iii) in accordance with rules made by the Wildlife Board under Subsection 23A-8-405(6).(4) Judicial review of a mitigation review panel action under this section is governed by Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act.Renumbered from § 23-16-3.2 and amended by Chapter 103, 2023 General Session ,§ 183, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by Chapter 45, 2022 General Session ,§ 4, eff. 5/4/2022.Amended by Chapter 382, 2008 General Session.