A. Subject to the authority of the secretary of cultural affairs, the administrative and executive officer of the museum of space history division and the museum of space history is the "director" of the division.

B. The director shall meet the following minimum qualifications:

(1) hold a bachelor's or higher degree in a discipline related to the functions of the division; and

(2) have significant experience in the management and operation of an organization similar to the division.

C. The director of the museum of space history division shall be appointed by the secretary of cultural affairs with the approval of the governor from a list of qualified candidates provided by the museum of space history commission.

History: 1953 Comp., § 73-46-4, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 72, § 4; 1980, ch. 151, § 42; 1987, ch. 313, § 4; 2001, ch. 275, § 5; 2001, ch. 278, § 5; 2004, ch. 25, § 38; 2015, ch. 19, § 9.

The 2015 amendment, effective July 1, 2015, provided for qualifications for the director of the museum of space history; in the catchline, added "Museum of space history", and after "director", deleted "employment" and added "appointment; qualifications"; added Subsections A and B and redesignated the previously undesignated first paragraph of the section as Subsection C; in Subsection C, after "shall be", deleted "hired" and added "appointed", and after "cultural affairs", added "with the approval of the governor from a list of qualified candidates provided by the museum of space history commission."

The 2004 amendment, effective May 19, 2004, provided for the hiring and removal of the director of the museum by the secretary of cultural affairs instead of the museum of space history commission.

The 2001 amendment, effective June 15, 2001, substituted "museum of space history" for "space center" throughout the section.