2-15-1822. Hard-rock mining impact board. (1) There is a hard-rock mining impact board.
     (2) The hard-rock mining impact board is a five-member board.
     (3) The hard-rock mining impact board shall include among its members:
     (a) three persons who, when appointed to the board, reside in an area impacted or expected to be impacted by large-scale mineral development;
     (b) at least one person from each district provided for in 5-1-102;
     (c) a representative of the hard-rock mining industry;
     (d) a representative of a major financial institution in Montana;
     (e) a person who, when appointed to the board, is an elected school district trustee;
     (f) a person who, when appointed to the board, is an elected county commissioner;
     (g) a member of the public-at-large.
     (4) The hard-rock mining impact board is a quasi-judicial board subject to the provisions of 2-15-124 except that one of the members need not be an attorney licensed to practice law in this state, and the board shall elect a presiding officer from among its members.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 617, L. 1981; amd. Sec. 1, Ch. 582, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 5, Ch. 52, L. 1993.