Alaska Statutes Title 31, Chapter 31.05, Article 01 - Administration

• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• Sec. 31.05.010 Application. [Repealed by Sec. 4 Ch 158 Sla 1978].
  Repealed or Renumbered
• 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...
• Sec. 31.05.013 Oath of Office.
  Each commissioner, before entering upon the duties of office, shall take and subscribe to the oath prescribed for principal officers of the state.
• Sec. 31.05.015 Compensation of Members of the Commission.
  Members of the commission are in the exempt service and shall receive an annual salary.
• Sec. 31.05.017 Principal Office; Seal.
  (a) The commission shall establish a principal office and branch offices necessary to discharge its business efficiently. For the convenience of the public or...
• Sec. 31.05.020 [Renumbered As As 31.05.095 ].
  
  Repealed or Renumbered
• Sec. 31.05.021 Legal Counsel.
  (a) The Department of Law shall provide full-time legal counsel to the commission. The legal counsel provided by the Department of Law is subject...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
• Sec. 31.05.035 Confidential Reports.
  (a) For all wells for which a permit to drill has been issued by the commission, the commission may require(1) the making and filing...
• Sec. 31.05.040 Regulations and Orders.
  (a) The commission shall adopt regulations governing practice and procedure before it under this chapter.(b) All orders issued by the commission shall be in...
• Sec. 31.05.050 Notice.
  (a) A notice required by this chapter shall be given in accordance with AS 44.62 (Administrative Procedure Act).(b) Procedures to be followed under (a)...
• Sec. 31.05.060 Action by Commission.
  (a) The commission may act upon its own motion, or upon the petition of an interested person. On the filing of a petition concerning...
• Sec. 31.05.070 Attendance and Testimony of Witnesses.
  (a) The commission may summon witnesses, administer oaths, and require the production of records, books and documents for examination at a hearing or investigation...
• Sec. 31.05.080 Reconsiderations.
  (a) Within 20 days after written notice of the entry of an order or decision of the commission, or such further time as the...
• Sec. 31.05.085 Expenses of Investigation or Hearing.
  (a) During a hearing or investigation held under this chapter, the commission may allocate the costs of the hearing or investigation among the parties,...

Last modified: November 15, 2016