10.1-1100 - Department of Forestry; appointment of the State Forester. - Virginia Statutes

§ 10.1-1100. Department of Forestry; appointment of the State Forester.

The Department of Forestry, hereinafter referred to in this chapter as theDepartment, is continued as an agency under the supervision of the Secretaryof Agriculture and Forestry. The Department shall be headed by the StateForester, who shall be appointed by the Governor to serve at his pleasure fora term coincident with his own.

Any vacancy in the office of the State Forester shall be filled byappointment by the Governor pursuant to the provisions of Article V, Section10 of the Constitution of Virginia.

The State Forester shall be a technically trained forester and shall haveboth a practical and theoretical knowledge of forestry.

(1986, c. 567, § 10-31.1; 1988, c. 891; 1993, c. 699.)