Sec 37-331.02. Urban land planning oversight committee

A. The urban land planning oversight committee is established in the department consisting of the following members appointed by the governor pursuant to section 38-211:

1. One member with experience in drainage, hydrologic or infrastructure engineering.

2. One member with experience in urban and community planning.

3. One member with experience in contracting for planning studies related to residential, commercial or industrial real estate development.

4. One member with experience in open space or natural resource planning.

5. One public member.

B. The governor shall appoint the members to staggered terms of four years. A vacancy is created, and the governor shall appoint a replacement member to fill the unexpired term, if a member:

1. No longer resides in this state.

2. Is absent without excuse from three consecutive meetings of the committee.

3. Resigns or is unable to perform the duties as a committee member.

C. Each year the committee shall select a chairman from among the members. Members of the committee are eligible for compensation as provided by title 38, chapter 4, article 1. The committee shall meet on the call of the chairman.

D. The committee shall:

1. Recommend to the department procedures and strategies to efficiently create conceptual land use plans for urban state trust land and other state trust lands the commissioner considers to be appropriate, as provided by section 37-331.03, subsection A.

2. Provide advice on the types and extent of studies that are needed to create the plans.

3. Review and make recommendations for approval regarding the final conceptual land use plans and the final five year state trust land disposition plans for conformity with the adopted conceptual plans.