Section 62-2-10 - Workers' Compensation Advisory Council--Members--Compensation Expenses--Terms--Quorum--Duties--Report.
62-2-10. Workers' Compensation Advisory Council--Members--Compensation Expenses--Terms--Quorum--Duties--Report. The Governor shall appoint a State Workers' Compensation Advisory Council, composed of eight members, four representing employees, two of whom shall be from recommendations submitted by the South Dakota Federation of Labor. No employee representative may be a member of a personnel department. Four shall represent employers. The members may not be all of the same political party. Expenses of council members shall be paid by the Department of Labor. The length of terms is three years with no more than three expiring each year. Members shall serve until a new appointment is made by the Governor. Nonvoting members are the secretary of labor and the secretary of revenue and regulation. Five voting members of the council are a quorum for meetings. The lieutenant governor shall serve as the chair and has the right to vote. Any recommendations by the advisory council shall be by majority vote.
The council shall aid the Department of Labor and the Department of Revenue and Regulation in reviewing the workers' compensation program as to its content, adequacy, and effectiveness and make recommendations for its improvement. The council shall meet as frequently as necessary but not less than twice each year. The council shall make reports of its meetings that shall include a record of its discussions, including all issues voted upon and the vote count, and its recommendations. The council shall make an annual report to the Governor and Legislature by December thirty-first of each year. The department shall make the reports available to any interested persons or groups.
Source: SL 1992, ch 364, § 1; SL 1994, ch 396, § 1; SL 1999, ch 261, § 3; SL 2003, ch 272, §§ 20, 121.