Section 34-12-30

Creation; composition; appointment; oath of office; terms of office.

A State Board of Registration for Foresters is hereby created whose duty it shall be to administer the provisions of this chapter. The board shall consist of five foresters, who shall be selected and appointed by the Governor of Alabama from among 10 nominees recommended by the Alabama Division of the Society of American Foresters and shall have the qualifications required by Section 34-12-31. Each member of the board shall receive a certificate of his appointment from the Governor and before beginning his term of office shall file with the Secretary of State his written oath of affirmation for the faithful discharge of his official duties. The five members of the initial board shall be appointed for terms of one, two, three, four and five years, respectively, and in making the appointment the Governor shall designate the term for which each of said members is appointed as provided for above. At the expiration of the term of any member of the initial board, the Governor shall, from a list of three nominees recommended to him by the Alabama Division of the Society of American Foresters, appoint for a term of five years a registered forester having the qualifications required by Section 34-12-31 to succeed the member whose term on said board is expiring. Nothing contained in this chapter shall prohibit any member whose term expires to be reappointed to succeed himself on said board; provided, however, that after March 7, 1990, no member shall serve more than two full consecutive terms of office. If the Governor fails to make appointment in 90 days after expiration of any term, the board shall make the necessary appointment from nominees submitted as hereinabove provided and who meet the qualifications set out by Section 34-12-31. Each member of said board shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which such member is appointed or until a successor shall have been duly appointed and shall have qualified.

(Acts 1957, No. 533, p. 750, §3; Acts 1969, No. 1051, p. 1965, §3; Acts 1986, No. 86-117, p. 138, §3; Acts 1990, No. 90-105, p. 124, §3.)