CSHB 274(O&G): "An Act relating to the qualifications of the members of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission; and providing for an effective date."
00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 274(O&G) 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 31.05.005(a) is amended to read: 05 (a) There is created as an independent quasi-judicial agency of the state the 06 Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, composed of three commissioners 07 appointed by the governor and confirmed by the legislature in joint session. Before 08 making an appointment, the governor may solicit the recommendations of 09 professional or industry representatives for appointment of a commissioner. 10 * Sec. 2. AS 31.05.009 is amended to read: 11 Sec. 31.05.009. Qualifications of members. Members shall be qualified as 12 follows: 13 (1) one member shall be a petroleum [LICENSED PROFESSIONAL] 14 engineer who
01 (A) holds a certificate of registration as an engineer under 02 AS 08.48 and, under regulations adopted to implement that chapter, has 03 qualified as a petroleum engineer; or 04 (B) has earned a degree from a university [WITH 05 EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND] in the field of 06 [PETROLEUM] engineering and has at least 10 years of professional 07 subsurface experience in the oil and gas industry in drilling, well 08 operations, reservoir engineering, or a combination thereof; for the 09 purposes of this subparagraph, a person meets the requirement of earning 10 a degree in the field of engineering if the person obtains an undergraduate 11 or graduate degree in engineering that meets the requirements for 12 program accreditation by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of the 13 Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology including and 14 completing course work specific to petroleum engineering that illustrate 15 application of engineering principles to the problems encountered and 16 methods used in the petroleum industry, including drilling, production, 17 reservoir engineering, fluid flow through subsurface formations, and 18 hydrocarbon transportation; 19 (2) one member shall be a geologist who 20 (A) holds a certification as a professional geologist under 21 AS 08.02.011; or 22 (B) has earned a degree in the field of geology from a 23 university accredited in the field of geology and has a minimum of 10 24 years professional experience in the [WITH EDUCATIONAL AND 25 PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND IN THE] field of petroleum geology ; and 26 (3) one member who need not be certified, trained , or [AND] 27 experienced in either the field [FIELDS] of petroleum engineering or the field of 28 petroleum geology. 29 * Sec. 3. APPLICABILITY. The provisions of AS 31.05.009, as amended by sec. 2 of this 30 Act, apply to persons appointed under AS 31.05.009 on and after the effective date of this 31 Act.
01 * Sec. 4. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).