00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 414(O&G)                                                                                        
01 "An Act relating to the appointment and qualifications of the members of the                                            
02 Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission; and providing for an effective                                              
03 date."                                                                                                                  
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                               
05    * Section 1.  AS 31.05.005(a) is amended to read:                                                                  
06  (a)  There is created as an independent quasi-judicial agency of the state the                                        
07 Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, composed of three commissioners                                             
08 appointed by the governor and confirmed by the legislature in joint session.   In                                      
09 making appointments to the commission under AS 31.05.009(1) and (2) and this                                            
10 subsection, the governor shall consider and give preference to a person who                                             
11 demonstrates experience in oil and gas operations in the state.                                                        
12    * Sec. 2.  AS 31.05.009 is amended to read:                                                                        
13  Sec. 31.05.009.  Qualifications of members.  Members shall be qualified as                                          
14 follows:                                                                                                                

01    (1)   one member shall be a  petroleum  [LICENSED PROFESSIONAL]                                                 
02 engineer  who                                                                                                          
03   (A)  holds a certificate of registration as an engineer under                                                       
04 AS 08.48 and, under regulations adopted to implement that chapter, has                                                  
05 qualified as a petroleum engineer; or                                                                                   
06   (B)  has earned a degree from a university  [WITH                                                                  
07 EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND] in the field of                                                                
08 [PETROLEUM] engineering  and has at least 10 years of professional                                                    
09  subsurface experience in the oil and gas industry in drilling, well                                                   
10 operations, production process operations, reservoir engineering, or a                                                  
11 combination thereof; for the purposes of this subparagraph, a person                                                    
12 meets the requirement of earning a degree in the field of engineering if the                                            
13 person obtains an undergraduate or graduate degree in engineering that                                                  
14 meets the requirements for program accreditation by the Engineering                                                     
15 Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and                                                 
16 Technology and the person completes university or industry training                                                     
17 specific to petroleum engineering that illustrates application of engineering                                           
18 principles to the problems encountered and methods used in the petroleum                                                
19 industry, including drilling, production, reservoir engineering, fluid flow                                             
20 through subsurface formations, and hydrocarbon transportation ;                                                        
21    (2)   one member shall be a geologist  who is certified as a professional                                        
22 geologist under AS 08.02.011, 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 years                                            
24 professional experience in the  [WITH EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL                                                     
25 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.  The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section                            
30 to read:                                                                                                                
31  APPLICABILITY.  The provisions of AS 31.05.009, as amended by sec. 2 of this Act,                                      

01 apply to persons appointed under AS 31.05.009 on and after the effective date of this Act.                              
02    * Sec. 4.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).