§ 28-20-22 Code commission for
occupational safety and health – Composition, appointment, terms, and
removal of members. –
There is created within the department of labor and training a code commission
for occupational safety and health, consisting of five (5) members, of whom two
(2) shall represent industry, two (2) shall represent labor, and one shall
represent the public and shall serve as chairperson of the commission. The
representatives of industry shall be appointed by the director after he or she
has consulted with representatives of industrial, commercial, and trade groups
and associations in this state. The representatives of labor shall be appointed
by the director after he or she has consulted with representatives of labor
organizations in this state. The public representative shall be nominated
jointly by the representatives of labor and industry. If the representatives of
labor and industry have not nominated a public representative within thirty
(30) days after their appointment, then the director shall instead both
nominate and appoint the public representative on the commission. The
appointment of the members of the commission shall be made by the director with
the approval of the governor for a term of five (5) years. For their initial
appointment, the representatives of industry shall be appointed for terms of
one year and three (3) years, respectively; the representatives of labor shall
be appointed for terms of two (2) years and four (4) years, respectively; and
the public representative shall be appointed for a term of five (5) years.
Vacancies shall be filled by appointments made in the same manner as the
original appointments. A member of the commission may only be removed by the
governor for cause. The director of labor and training and the director of
health shall be ex-officio members of the commission, but shall have no vote
and shall serve without additional compensation. Each ex-officio member may
designate a subordinate from within his or her department as a substitute
member of the commission by filing a written notice of that substitution in the
office of the secretary of state. The industrial code commission for safety and
health is abolished.
(P.L. 1973, ch. 260, § 2.)