The secretary of agriculture and natural resources may promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 concerning:

(1) The establishment of a register of qualified professional foresters for the referral of timber sale assistance requests;

(2) Provisions for the removal of foresters from the register;

(3) Establishment of a forest insect and disease control area;

(4) Landowner notification of forest insect and disease infestation and timetable for control; and

(5) Provisions for reimbursing landowners for control costs.

Source: SL 2013, ch 196, § 6; SL 2021, ch 1 (Ex. Ord. 21-3), § 51, eff. Apr. 19, 2021.