TITLE 58

PUBLIC LANDS

CHAPTER 1

DEPARTMENT OF LANDS

58-105.  Director. The department of lands shall have an officer at its head who shall be known as the director, who shall, subject to the general regulation and control of the state board of land commissioners, exercise the powers and discharge the duties vested by law in him or in his department. The director may administer and certify oaths. With the approval of the state board of land commissioners, the director shall provide for the organization of the department, its subordinate divisions and the administrators thereof, the hiring of assistants, clerks or other professional personnel pursuant to chapter 53, title 67, Idaho Code, and shall apportion the duties between such divisions or personnel as he may deem necessary to the conduct of the business of the department. The director shall promulgate such rules and regulations, subject to the approval of the board of land commissioners, as will assure the effective administration of the department and implementation of the directives of the state board of land commissioners.

History:

[(58-105) 1919, ch. 81, sec. 5, p. 289; C.S., sec. 2870; I.C.A., sec. 56-105; am. 1974, ch. 17, sec. 42, p. 308.]