Sec. 31.05.023. Commission staff.
(a) The commission shall employ such staff as it considers necessary to carry out its responsibilities. (b) The professional staff of the commission and the personal secretary of each commissioner are in the exempt service under AS 39.25.110. (c) The secretarial and clerical staff of the commission, except the personal secretary of each commissioner, are […]
Sec. 31.05.025. Conflict of interest.
(a) Members and employees of the commission, except clerical and secretarial staff, are subject to AS 39.50. (b) A member of the commission is disqualified from voting upon any matter before the commission in which the member has a conflict of interest.
Sec. 31.05.026. Relationship to Department of Natural Resources.
(a) The Department of Natural Resources shall have standing before the commission to raise all issues relating to state-owned land without regard to the type of proprietary interest held by the state in that land. (b) With respect to federal land from which the state or any subdivision of the state is entitled under federal […]
Sec. 31.05.027. Land subject to commission’s authority.
The authority of the commission applies to all land in the state lawfully subject to its police powers, including land of the United States and land subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. The authority of the commission further applies to all land included in a voluntary cooperative or unit plan of development or […]
Sec. 31.05.030. Powers and duties of commission.
(a) The commission has jurisdiction and authority over all persons and property, public and private, necessary to carry out the purposes and intent of this chapter. (b) The commission shall investigate to determine whether or not waste exists or is imminent, or whether or not other facts exist which justify or require action by it. […]
Sec. 31.05.032. Certification of gas storage capacity.
(a) An owner of a gas storage facility that seeks an exemption under AS 38.05.180(u) or a credit under AS 43.20.046 shall apply to the commission for certification of the facility’s working gas storage capacity and certification of the facility’s gas withdrawal capability. The application shall be on a form prescribed by the commission. (b) […]
Sec. 31.05.005. Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission created.
(a) There is created as an independent quasi-judicial agency of the state the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, composed of three commissioners appointed by the governor and confirmed by the legislature in joint session. In making appointments to the commission under AS 31.05.009 and this subsection, the governor shall consider and give preference to […]
Sec. 31.05.007. Term of office; vacancy; removal.
(a) The term of office of each member is six years. A commissioner, upon the expiration of a term, shall continue to hold office until a successor is appointed and qualified. (b) A vacancy arising in the office of a commissioner shall be filled by appointment by the governor and confirmed by the legislature in […]
Sec. 31.05.009. Qualifications of members.
Members shall be qualified as follows: (1) one member shall be a petroleum engineer who (A) holds a certificate of registration as an engineer under AS 08.48 and, under regulations adopted to implement that chapter, has qualified as a petroleum engineer; or (B) has earned a degree from a university in the field of engineering […]
Sec. 31.05.011. Quorum.
Two members of the commission constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, for the performance of a duty, or for the exercise of a power of the commission.