00HOUSE BILL NO. 274                                                                                                      
01 "An Act relating to the qualifications of the members of the Alaska Oil and Gas                                         
02 Conservation Commission; and providing for an effective date."                                                          
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 31.05.009 is amended to read:                                                                       
05  Sec. 31.05.009.  Qualifications of members.  Members shall be qualified as                                            
06 follows:                                                                                                                
07   (1)  one member shall be an engineer who                                                                          
08   (A)  holds a certificate of registration as an engineer under                                                       
09 AS 08.48 and, under regulations adopted to implement that chapter, has                                                  
10 qualified as a petroleum [LICENSED PROFESSIONAL] engineer;                                                          
11   (B)  has earned a degree from an accredited university                                                             
12 [WITH EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND] in the                                                                   
13 field of petroleum engineering; for purposes of this subparagraph, a person                                            
14 meets the requirement of earning a degree in the field of petroleum                                                     

01 engineering if the person obtains an undergraduate or graduate degree in                                                
02 petroleum engineering that meets the requirements for program                                                           
03 accreditation by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the                                                        
04 Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology by completing a                                                      
05 minimum of 32 semester hours in courses specific to petroleum engineering                                               
06 that illustrate application of engineering principles to the problems and                                               
07 methods used in the petroleum industry, including drilling, production,                                                 
08 reservoir engineering, fluid flow through subsurface formations, and                                                    
09 hydrocarbon transportation; and                                                                                         
10   (C)  has a professional background in the field of petroleum                                                        
11 engineering;                                                                                                            
12   (2)  one member shall be a geologist who                                                                           
13   (A)  holds a certification as a professional geologist under                                                        
14 AS 08.02.011;                                                                                                           
15   (B)  has earned a degree from an accredited university in the                                                       
16 field of geology; and                                                                                                   
17   (C)  has a [WITH EDUCATIONAL AND] professional                                                                     
18 background in the field of petroleum geology; and                                                                      
19   (3)  one member need not be trained or [AND] experienced in either                                              
20 the field [FIELDS] of petroleum engineering or the field of petroleum geology.                                      
21    * Sec. 2.  APPLICABILITY.  The provisions of AS 31.05.009, amended by sec. 1 of this                                 
22 Act, apply to persons appointed under AS 31.05.009 on and after the effective date of this                              
23 Act.                                                                                                                    
24    * Sec. 3.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).