(1) The Director of the Department of State Lands shall appoint and discharge such personnel as the director considers necessary for the efficient administration of the laws conferring powers or imposing duties upon the Department of State Lands. The director shall prescribe the authority, powers and duties of all employees of the department. Employees of the department are subject at all times to the direction, supervision and control of the director.
(2) Subject to the approval of the State Land Board, the director shall fix the compensation of the employees of the department.
(3) The director may require any employee of the department to give to the state a fidelity bond, with one or more corporate sureties authorized to do business in this state, in a penal sum fixed by the director. The premium on such a bond shall be paid from moneys available for the payment of expenses of the department. [1967 c.616 §10]