TITLE 58

PUBLIC LANDS

CHAPTER 1

DEPARTMENT OF LANDS

58-104A.  three division heads — Direction and control — Areas of operation — Qualifications — Applications. The director shall have power to appoint three (3) division heads who shall be known as administrators, one (1) to handle matters concerning lands, minerals and grazing; one (1) to handle matters concerning forestry and fire; and one (1) to handle matters of oil and gas conservation. The qualifications of the division administrator for forestry and fire shall be graduation from a full four (4) year college course with a bachelor’s degree, with a major in forestry including five (5) years of technical experience in the forestry-land management field; or, ten (10) years of successful and progressive technical experience of forestry and land management activities of such a nature as to enable the applicant to perform his duties successfully at the professional level. The qualifications of the division administrator for oil and gas conservation shall be graduation from a full four (4) year college course with a bachelor’s degree, with a major in geology or petroleum engineering including five (5) years of technical experience in the oil and gas management field; or, ten (10) years of successful and progressive technical experience of oil and gas conservation management activities of such a nature as to enable the applicant to perform his duties successfully at the professional level.

History:

[58-104A, added 1967, ch. 315, sec. 26, p. 906; am. 1974, ch. 17, sec. 41, p. 308; am. 2017, ch. 214, sec. 1, p. 519.]