ORS 273.171: Duties and authority of director.

(1) The Director of the Department of State Lands is chief executive officer of the Department of State Lands, and is responsible for the administration of the laws conferring powers or imposing duties upon the department, subject to specific policies formulated by the State Land Board and review of the actions of the director by the board.

      (2) Under written policy directives adopted by the board and recorded in its minutes, the director has full authority with respect to the retention or disposition of all lands subject to the jurisdiction of the department, including but not limited to the management, sale, leasing, exchange or other conveyance of such lands.