00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 182(RLS)                                                                                        
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.   The commissioner                                       
07 shall solicit and consider recommendations of the Alaska Fire Chiefs Association                                        
08 or successor organization when reviewing the candidates submitted by the board.                                        
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 a forestry-related program;                                                    
12 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].