Sec. 32.018. EMPLOYMENT OF GEOLOGIST AND MINERALOGIST. The commissioner may employ a geologist and a mineralogist who shall be informed about minerals on land under the board's jurisdiction and activities under pending applications and previous leases and sales. The geologist and mineralogist shall report to the board any information relating to these subjects.

Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2378, ch. 871, art. I, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 624, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.