Sec. 31-237c. Employment Security Board of Review. Appointment of members, chairman, alternate members.
Sec. 31-237c. Employment Security Board of Review. Appointment of members, chairman, alternate members. (a) The board shall consist of three members
appointed by the Governor, one of whom shall be designated by the Governor as chairman of the board of review. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (d) of section
5-198, such chairman shall be in the classified service and shall devote full time to the
duties of his office. Such chairman shall be chosen by the Governor from a list of names
submitted to him by the Commissioner of Administrative Services pursuant to the provisions of subsection (d) of section 5-228. The other two members appointed to serve
during the appointing Governor's term of office shall be a representative of employers
and a representative of employees and shall devote full time to the duties of their offices.
The members of the board representing employers and employees shall be selected as
such representatives based upon previous vocation, employment or affiliation. A member of the board may be removed by the Governor for cause.
(b) The Governor shall have the authority to appoint one or more alternate members
to the board. Alternate members shall have the power to complete any matter pending
at the expiration of the terms for which they were appointed. Alternate members of the
board shall serve at any time when so delegated by the Governor and the board and
while so serving shall have all the powers of members of the board. Whenever an alternate member serves in place of a member of the board, he shall represent the same interest
as the member in whose place he serves and shall be selected as such representative based
upon previous vocation, employment or affiliation. The board may, at its option, require
alternate members to sit with it in the fulfillment of any function of the board. Any
alternate member shall receive one hundred fifty dollars in lieu of expenses for each
day during which he performs the duties of a member of the board.
(P.A. 74-339, S. 3, 34, 36; P.A. 77-614, S. 482, 610; P.A. 83-570, S. 8, 17; P.A. 87-468, S. 1, 4.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced personnel commissioner with commissioner of administrative services, deleted provision
setting expiration of terms at first day of March in year when term of appointing governor expires and made other minor
wording changes, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 83-570 added requirement that members devote full time to their duties
and eliminated an obsolete provision concerning the timing of the first appointments to the board; P.A. 87-468 added
Subsec. (b), granting the governor the authority to appoint alternate members to the board, establishing their powers and
purposes, and providing for per diem payments of $150 for them.
See title 2c re termination under "Sunset Law".