50-7-601 - Unemployment compensation bureau Unemployment compensation division State employment service Board of review.

50-7-601. Unemployment compensation bureau Unemployment compensation division State employment service Board of review.

(a)  Bureau. 

     (1)  There is created and established in the division of employment security a coordinate bureau to be designated as the unemployment compensation bureau. The bureau shall be a separate administrative unit with respect to personnel and budget, except insofar as the commissioner may find that separation is impracticable. The bureau shall exercise all the powers, perform all the duties, and be subject to all the limitations prescribed in this chapter, except those pertaining to overall administration of the division vested in the administrator or except those pertaining to the overall supervision of the department vested in the commissioner, and those provided in this section for the division of the Tennessee state employment service.

     (2)  Division.  There is also created within the department of labor and workforce development the division of Tennessee state employment service, the latter being more fully described in § 50-7-608. The division shall be a separate administrative entity with respect to personnel and budget, except insofar as the commissioner may find that separation is impracticable. The division shall be subject to the supervision and control of the commissioner within the provisions of this chapter.

(b)  Board of Review. 

     (1)  There is created a board of review, consisting of three (3) members appointed by the governor to serve at the governor's will.

     (2)  Each member shall be paid the sum of twenty dollars ($20.00) per case decided in a calendar month not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) for the calendar month, plus necessary expenses; provided, that it will be the duty of the board of review to dispose of all cases coming before it without regard to this limitation on its members' compensation.

     (3)  All reimbursement for travel expenses shall be in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulations as promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter.

     (4)  All rules and regulations issued by the board of review prior to the enacting of this subsection (b) shall remain in full force and effect until, and unless, specifically amended, revised or repealed by the board of review.

[Acts 1947, ch. 29, § 10; C. Supp. 1950, § 6901.10 (Williams, § 6901.34); Acts 1955, ch. 226, § 1; 1975, ch. 190, § 10; 1976, ch. 806, § 1(78); 1977, ch. 330, § 27; 1978, ch. 744, § 14; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 50-1332; Acts 1999, ch. 520, § 41.]