§ 30-5-108 — State oil and gas supervisor; appointment; duties; authority of commission to appoint other employees; payment of traveling and living expenses

To enable the commission to carry out its duties and powers
under the laws of this state with respect to conservation of oil
and gas, and to enforce the rules and regulations so prescribed,
the commission shall appoint one (1) chief administrator who
shall be a qualified petroleum engineer or petroleum geologist
with at least ten (10) years of experience in his respective
field of expertise who shall be designated and known as the
"State Oil and Gas Supervisor." Such supervisor shall hold
office at the pleasure of the commission and shall receive a
salary, to be fixed by the commission. The state oil and gas
supervisor shall be charged with such duties as are delegated by
the commission, and in addition thereto he shall investigate
charges and complaints of violation of the laws of this state
with respect to conservation of oil and gas, and any order,
rules and regulation of the commission made in connection
therewith, and report concerning all such violations to the
commission. The commission may at any time, when it finds that
the public interest will be served thereby appoint such other
employees as are found to be necessary, to assist the commission
and the state oil and gas supervisor in the discharge of their
respective duties. All employees or assistants authorized by
this act shall be paid their necessary traveling and living
expenses when traveling on official business, at such rates and
within such limits as may be fixed by the commission, subject to
existing law.