00HOUSE BILL NO. 182                                                                                                      
01 "An Act relating to the qualifications of the state forester."                                                          
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 41.17.020(b) is amended to read:                                                                    
04  (b)  The division shall be headed by a director who shall be the state forester,                                      
05 appointed to the partially exempt service in accordance with law by the commissioner,                                   
06 from a list of two or more candidates submitted by the board.  In selecting candidates                                 
07 for submission to the commissioner, the board shall solicit and consider                                                
08 recommendations of the Alaska Fire Chiefs Association or successor organization.                                       
09 The commissioner may reject all candidates, in which case the board shall submit a                                      
10 new list.  The state forester shall have                                                                               
11   (1)  a bachelor's or higher degree in forestry from an educational                                                   
12 institution accredited by the Society of American Foresters; and                                                        
13   (2)  at least three years of field experience in forestry [BE A                                                     
14 NATURAL RESOURCES LAND MANAGER WITH GENERALLY ACCEPTED                                                                  

01 EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALS, FAMILIAR AND EXPERIENCED WITH THE                                                              
02 RENEWABLE AND NONRENEWABLE RESOURCES AND THE VALUES OF                                                                  
03 FOREST LAND AND THE PRODUCTS, BENEFITS, AND SERVICES OBTAINED                                                           
04 FROM THEM].