Tennessee § 50-3-801 - Creation — Members.
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§ 50-3-801. Creation — Members.
There is created the occupational safety and health review commission, consisting of three (3) members to be appointed by the governor, each member to serve for a period of three (3) years. The governor shall designate one (1) member to serve as chair. The members shall be chosen from persons qualified by education, training or experience to carry out the functions of the commission. Service on the commission for a term shall not render a person ineligible for reappointment. Each member shall be reimbursed for travel in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulations as approved by the attorney general and reporter and the commissioner of finance and administration. A per diem allowance of fifty dollars ($50.00) shall only be paid to members for meetings at which a quorum is present. In the event a member is unable to complete the member's term, the member's replacement shall serve only the remainder of the term of the member the replacement replaces, unless reappointed. Acts 1972, ch. 561, § 15; 1974, ch. 585, § 37; 1976, ch. 707, § 1; 1976, ch. 806, § 1(74); T.C.A., § 50-554. Code Commission Notes. Former subsection (c), concerning terms to be served by members on initial appointment, was deleted as obsolete by the code commission in 2008. Compiler's Notes. The occupational safety and health review commission, created by this section, terminates June 30, 2021. See §§ 4-29-112 , 4-29-242 . Law Reviews. The Exclusiveness of an Employee's Workers Compensation Remedy Against His Employer (Joseph H. King, Jr.), 55 Tenn. L. Rev. 405 (1988).
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