Oregon Department of State Lands
The Department of State Lands (DSL), one of the oldest agencies of
History
The State Land Board was established in 1859 as the "Board of Commissioners for the sale of school, and
In 1968, The State Land Board went before the U.S. Supreme Court to defend escheating an inheritance because the heirs lived in East Germany which would not reciprocate and provide an inheritance to American heirs if the situation were reversed. In Zschernig v. Miller, the court found the law unconstitutional because of "intrusion by the State into the field of foreign affairs which the Constitution entrusts to the President and the Congress."[3]
Organization
State Land Board
The State Land Board, composed of the Governor, Secretary of State, and Treasurer, has ultimate constitutional and statutory responsibility for the matters within the purview of the Department. It sets the policies, decides cases and adopts rules, and DSL recommendations are subject to Board approval.[4][5]
Director
The Department of Public Lands' chief administrator is a Director appointed by the State Land Board. The Director manages the day-to-day affairs of the agency and serves at the will of the Board. The current director is Vicki Walker, who was appointed under the administration of Governor Kate Brown in 2018.[6]
Divisions
- Policy and Planning
- Field Operations
- Finance and Administration[7]
Further reading
- Swift, Fletcher Harper (1911). A History of Public Permanent Common School Funds in the United States, 1795–1905. H. Holt and Co. p. 380.
Oregon common school fund.
References
- ^ "Division of State Lands: Administrative Overview". Oregon Secretary of State. November 2009. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
- ^ "Division of State Lands: Administrative Overview" (PDF). Oregon Archives Division (Official website). Oregon Secretary of State. July 2002. Retrieved 2006-12-10.
- ^ Douglas, William O. (15 January 1968). "Zschernig v. Miller - 389 U.S. 429 (1968)". US Supreme Court Center. Justia. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
- ^ "Division of State Lands: Administrative Overview" (PDF). Oregon Archives Division (Official website). Oregon Secretary of State. July 2002. Retrieved 2006-12-10.
- ^ "Oregon State Land Board". Oregon Department of State Lands (Official website). Oregon Department of State Lands. 2006. Retrieved 2006-12-10.
- ^ "Division of State Lands: Administrative Overview" (PDF). Oregon Archives Division (Official website). Oregon Secretary of State. July 2002. Retrieved 2006-12-10.
- ^ "Division of State Lands: Administrative Overview" (PDF). Oregon Archives Division (Official website). Oregon Secretary of State. July 2002. Retrieved 2006-12-10.