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LD 1065 Title Page An Act to Amend the Membership of the Workers' Compensation Board Page 2 of 2
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 39-A MRSA §151, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 885, Pt. A,
§8 and affected by §§9 to 11, is amended to read:

 
1. Board established. Pursuant to Title 5, section 12004-G,
subsection 35, the Workers' Compensation Board is established as
an independent board composed of 8 members. The members of the
board must be appointed by the Governor within 30 days after a
new board member is authorized or a vacancy occurs, subject to
review by the joint standing committee of the Legislature having
jurisdiction over state and local government matters and
confirmation by the Legislature. Notwithstanding the provisions
of Title 3, section 151, the designated committee shall complete
its review of the appointments of the Governor within 15 days of
the Governor's written notice of appointment and the vote of the
Legislature must be taken no later than 7 days after the vote of
the designated committee.

 
Four members of the board must be representatives of management
and 4 members must be representatives of labor. All management
representatives must be appointed from a list provided by the
Maine Chamber of Commerce and Industry or other bona fide
organization or association of employers. All Two labor
representatives must be from a list provided by the Executive
Board of the Maine AFL-CIO or other bona fide labor organization
or association of employees representing at least 10% of the
Maine work force. Two labor representatives must be selected by
the Governor from the labor population at large and may not be
representatives of the Maine AFL-CIO or other bona fide labor
organization or association of employees. Any list submitted to
the Governor must have at least 4 times the number of names as
there are vacancies for the group represented by the vacancies.

 
A member of the board is not liable in a civil action for any act
performed in good faith in the execution of duties as a board
member.

 
A member of the board may not be a lobbyist required to be
registered with the Secretary of State, a service provider to the
workers' compensation system or a representative of a service
provider to the workers' compensation system.

 
Members of the board hold office for staggered terms of 4 years,
except for the initial members of the board. The terms of one
member representing management and one member representing labor
expire February 1st of each year. A member may not serve for
more than 2 full terms.


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