Unemployment insurance board; duties; membership; term of
office; compensation; traveling expenses; meetings
Sec. 2. (a) The Indiana unemployment insurance board is created.
The board is responsible for the unemployment insurance program.
The board shall report annually to the governor on the status of
unemployment insurance together with recommendations for
maintaining the solvency of the unemployment insurance benefit
fund. The department staff shall provide support to the board. The
unemployment insurance board shall consist of nine (9) members,
who shall be appointed by the governor, as follows:
(1) Four (4) members shall be appointed as representatives of
labor and its interests.
(2) One (1) member shall be appointed as a representative of the
state and its interest and of the public at large.
(3) Two (2) members shall be appointed as representatives of
the large employers of the state.
(4) Two (2) members shall be appointed as representatives of
the independent merchants and small employers of the state.
All appointments shall be made for terms of four (4) years. All
appointments to full terms or to fill vacancies shall be made so that
all terms end on March 31.
(b) Every Indiana unemployment insurance board member so
appointed shall serve until a successor shall have been appointed and
qualified. Before entering upon the discharge of official duties, each
member of the board shall take and subscribe to an oath of office,
which shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state. Any
vacancy occurring in the membership of the board for any cause shall
be filled by appointment by the governor for the unexpired term. The
governor may, at any time, remove any member of the board for
misconduct, incapacity, or neglect of duty. Each member of the board
shall be entitled to receive as compensation for the member's services
the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) per month for each and every
month which he devotes to the actual performance of the member's
duties, as prescribed in this article, but the total amount of such
compensation shall not exceed the sum of twelve hundred dollars
($1,200) per year. In addition to the compensation hereinbefore
prescribed, each member of the board shall be entitled to receive the
amount of traveling and other necessary expenses actually incurred
while engaged in the performance of official duties.
(c) The board shall hold one (1) regular meeting each month and
such called meetings as may be deemed necessary. The April
meeting shall be known as the annual meeting. Five (5) members of
the board constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. At its
first meeting and at each annual meeting held thereafter, the board
shall organize by the election of a president and vice president from
its own number, each of whom, except those first elected, shall serve
for a term of one (1) year and until a successor is elected.
(Formerly: Acts 1947, c.208, s.1902; Acts 1971, P.L.355, SEC.43.)
As amended by P.L.18-1987, SEC.53; P.L.21-1995, SEC.92.
Last modified: May 27, 2006