§ 37-904 — Public lands board of review; members; powers and duties; staff and officers; service of process

A. There is established a public lands board of review consisting of the following members:

1. State land commissioner.

2. Director of environmental quality.

3. State geologist.

4. Director of the Arizona state parks board.

5. Director of the department of transportation.

6. Deputy state forester.

7. Director of water resources.

8. Director of the Arizona game and fish department.

9. As provided in subsection F, the chairman of the board of supervisors of a county in which public lands are located.

10. One county supervisor, appointed by the governor to serve at the pleasure of the governor.

B. The board shall elect one of its members to serve as chairman. The chairman shall call meetings of the board and prescribe the time and place of each meeting.

C. Members of the board are not eligible to receive compensation but are eligible for reimbursement of expenses pursuant to title 38, chapter 4, article 2.

D. The board:

1. Shall review and approve or disapprove all rules and regulations proposed by the commissioner under this chapter.

2. May review any decision of the commissioner relating to public lands under this chapter and affirm, modify or reverse the decision.

E. The state land department shall provide the administrative staff and offices needed by the board, and the state land commissioner shall be deemed the clerk of the board upon which notices of appeal and other process shall be served.

F. The chairman of the county board of supervisors of a county in which public lands are located and which are the subject of the board action shall serve as a member of the board for the purposes of the action.