§ 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.