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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="9-304" title_number="9" title_name="Workers' Compensation" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="State Workers' Compensation Commission">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each member of the Commission shall devote full time to the duties of office.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>While on the Commission, a member may not:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>practice law;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>hold any political employment under State or federal law; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>hold any other position or engage in any business that interferes or is inconsistent with any duty of office.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Each member of the Commission is entitled to:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>the salary provided in the State budget; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>reimbursement for expenses under the Standard State Travel Regulations, as provided in the State budget.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The annual salary of a member of the Commission:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>shall at least equal the salary provided in the State budget for a judge of the District Court; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>for the Chairman, shall at least equal the salary of the Chief Judge of the District Court.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection, a member of the Commission may not receive a fee or perquisite for the discharge of any duty of office.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
