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15-31-103. Organization.
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15-31-103. Organization.
(a) From time to time, the Arkansas Forestry Commission shall select from its membership a chair and a vice chair.
(b) The State Forester provided for in § 15-31-104 shall be, ex officio, Secretary of the Arkansas Forestry Commission but shall have no vote on matters coming before it.
(c) The commission shall adopt and may modify rules for the conduct of its business and shall keep a record of its transactions, findings, and determinations. The record shall be public.
(d) The rules shall provide for regular quarterly meetings and for special meetings at the call of the Chair of the Arkansas Forestry Commission or of the Vice Chair of the Arkansas Forestry Commission if he or she is for any reason the acting chair, either at his or her own instance or upon the written request of at least five (5) members.
(e)(1) A quorum shall consist of not less than five (5) members present at any regular or special meeting.
(2) A majority affirmative vote of that number shall be necessary for the disposition of any business.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 15-31-103
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15-31-103. Organization.
(a) From time to time, the Arkansas Forestry Commission shall select from its membership a chair and a vice chair.
(b) The State Forester provided for in § 15-31-104 shall be, ex officio, Secretary of the Arkansas Forestry Commission but shall have no vote on matters coming before it.
(c) The commission shall adopt and may modify rules for the conduct of its business and shall keep a record of its transactions, findings, and determinations. The record shall be public.
(d) The rules shall provide for regular quarterly meetings and for special meetings at the call of the Chair of the Arkansas Forestry Commission or of the Vice Chair of the Arkansas Forestry Commission if he or she is for any reason the acting chair, either at his or her own instance or upon the written request of at least five (5) members.
(e)(1) A quorum shall consist of not less than five (5) members present at any regular or special meeting.
(2) A majority affirmative vote of that number shall be necessary for the disposition of any business.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
15-31-104. State Forester.
(a) The State Forester shall be appointed by the Arkansas Forestry Commission, with the approval of the Governor, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.
(b) The State Forester shall report to the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture.
(c)(1) The secretary may delegate to the State Forester any of the powers or duties required to administer the:
(A) Statutory duties of the Arkansas Forestry Commission; and
(B) Rules, orders, or directives promulgated or issued by the commission.
(2) The State Forester may exercise the powers and duties delegated to him or her under subdivision (c)(1) of this section in the name of the commission and the department.
(3) The commission may delegate to the department any of the powers or duties vested in or imposed upon the commission by law, and these delegated powers or duties may be exercised by the secretary or his or her designee.
(d) The State Forester shall:
(1) Have earned at a minimum a bachelor's degree in forestry from an accredited four-year program at an institution of higher education; and
(2) Have not less than three (3) years' practical administrative and field experience in forestry.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 15-31-104
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 15-31-104. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.