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<section article="gle" article_name="Labor and Employment" number="9-317" title_number="9" title_name="Workers' Compensation" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="State Workers' Compensation Commission">
  <level label="a">
    <text>There is an Advisory Committee on the budget of the Commission.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The Advisory Committee consists of 12 members, appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Each member appointed by the Governor serves at the pleasure of the Governor.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>The Governor shall appoint a chairman from among the members of the Advisory Committee.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>In making the appointments, the Governor shall:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>ensure that each geographic region of the State is represented;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>ensure that various disciplines within the workers’ compensation community are represented, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>business;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>labor;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>the insurance industry;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>the vocational rehabilitation industry;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>the medical profession;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>claimants’ bar; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>defense bar; and</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>consider, in consultation with the chairman, the recommendations made by representatives of each of these disciplines.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <level label="1">
      <text>The term of an appointed member is 3 years.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The terms of members are staggered.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A member may be reappointed.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <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="e">
    <text>Members of the Advisory Committee shall serve without compensation, but each member shall be reimbursed for necessary travel and other expenses incurred in the performance of official committee duties in accordance with the Standard State Travel Regulations.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <text>The Commission shall provide meeting space, budget analysis, and staff support for the Advisory Committee.</text>
  </level>
</section>
