(a)
(1) The Oil and Gas Commission, in consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Energy and Environment, may employ an attorney to provide specialized professional services in matters requiring legal representation.
(2) However, any contract for legal representation shall be subject to approval by the Attorney General, who shall otherwise be attorney for the commission.
(b) Any member of the commission or the secretary thereof shall have power to administer oaths to any witness in any hearing, investigation, or proceeding contemplated by this act or by any other law of this state relating to the conservation of oil or gas.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 15 - Natural Resources and Economic Development
Subtitle 6 - Oil, Gas, and Brine
Chapter 71 - Oil and Gas Commission
§ 15-71-103. Organization — Meetings
§ 15-71-104. Counsel for the commission
§ 15-71-105. Director of Production and Conservation
§ 15-71-108. Purchaser to deduct and remit assessment to commission — Remission by producer
§ 15-71-109. Oil and Gas Commission Fund — Payment of commission vouchers
§ 15-71-110. Powers and duties — Rules — Definitions
§ 15-71-111. Procedural rules or orders — Hearing
§ 15-71-113. Authority to acquire and maintain unmarked cars
§ 15-71-114. Permit required for field seismic operations
§ 15-71-115. Abandoned and Orphaned Well Plugging Fund