[§6E-5]  State historic preservation
officer.  The governor shall appoint a state historic preservation officer,
and may appoint the officer without regard to chapter 76, who shall be
responsible for the comprehensive historic preservation program and who shall
be the state liaison officer for the conduct of relations with the federal
government and the respective states with regard to matters of historic
preservation.  The state historic preservation officer shall be appointed on
the basis of professional competence and experience in the field of historic
preservation and shall be placed in the department for the purposes of the
state program. [L 1976, c 104, pt of §2; am L 2000, c 253, §150]