The board is authorized to employ the necessary professional, clerical, and other personnel needed to carry out this part 2. Persons employed in a technical forestry capacity must have completed the requirements for and received a degree from an accredited school of forestry. Persons employed in other technical fields must have completed the requirements for and received a degree from an accredited school in their professional field. The board may appoint, pursuant to its personnel powers, in consultation with the executive director of the department of natural resources, to carry out the provisions of this part 2 and part 3 of this article, a professional forester, to be known as the state forester, whose duties shall be primarily of an educational or regulatory nature.
Source: L. 2007: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 532, � 2, effective August 3. L. 2010: Entire section amended, (HB 10-1071), ch. 44, p. 170, � 1, effective March 29.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 23-30-207 as it existed prior to 2007.
23-31-208. Rights by succession to state board of land commissioners - transfers to division of fire prevention and control. (1) (a) On February 14, 1955, the board shall succeed to all records, documents, and equipment in the hands of the state board of land commissioners as pertain to and used by the state board of land commissioners in the performance of the rights, powers, and duties transferred, and the state board of land commissioners is directed to deliver said property to the board within a reasonable time.
(b) On February 14, 1955, the state treasurer and the controller shall transfer to the board all funds, including federal grants-in-aid, remaining to the credit of the state board of land commissioners and appropriated or received for the administration of the rights, powers, and duties transferred by this section; but the transfer of funds shall not apply to any moneys appropriated for forest administration from the land commissioners' expense fund.
(2) On July 1, 2012, the board's funds, moneys, positions of employment, personnel, and personal property that were, as of June 30, 2012, principally directed to fire and wildfire preparedness, response, suppression, coordination, or management and any and all claims and liabilities, whether known or unknown, asserted or unasserted, relating in any way to fire and wildfire preparedness, response, suppression, coordination, or management by the board, the state forest services or its employees on or before June 30, 2012, are transferred to the division of fire prevention and control in the department of public safety pursuant to section 24-33.5-1201, C.R.S.
Source: L. 2007: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 533, � 2, effective August 3. L. 2012: Entire section amended, (HB 12-1283), ch. 240, p. 1068, � 5, effective July 1.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former � 23-30-208 as it existed prior to 2007.
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in the 2012 act amending this section, see section 1 of chapter 240, Session Laws of Colorado 2012.