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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="10-308" title_number="10" title_name="Funds" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Uninsured Employers' Fund">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Board consists of five members, appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Of the five members of the Board:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>two shall have substantial experience as officers or employees of a property and casualty insurance company;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>one shall have substantial experience in the field of accounting or finance;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>one shall be a policyholder of workers’ compensation insurance issued in the State; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>one shall represent the general public.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>Before taking office, each appointee to the Board shall take the oath required by Article I, § 9 of the Maryland Constitution.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The term of a member is 4 years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A member who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the rest of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Governor may remove a member for incompetence or misconduct.</text>
  </level>
</section>
