Montana § 2-15-3303 - Board Of Oil And Gas Conservation -- Composition -- Allocation -- Quasi-Judicial
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§ 2-15-3303. Board Of Oil And Gas Conservation -- Composition -- Allocation -- Quasi-Judicial
Board of oil and gas conservation -- composition -- allocation -- quasi-judicial. (1) There is a board of oil and gas conservation. (2) The board consists of seven members, three of whom shall be from the oil and gas industry and have had at least 3 years' experience in the production of oil and gas and two of whom shall be landowners residing in oil or gas producing counties of the state but not actively associated with the oil and gas industry, but one of the two landowners shall be one who owns the mineral rights with the surface and the other shall be one who does not own the mineral rights. (3) The board is allocated to the department for administrative purposes only as prescribed in 2-15-121 . However, the board may hire its own personnel, and 2-15-121 (2)(d) does not apply. The board may also prescribe the duties and annual salary of four professional staff positions. (4) The board is designated as a quasi-judicial board for purposes of 2-15-124 .
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