This text of North Dakota § 65-02-03.1 (Workforce safety and insurance board of directors - Appointment) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering North Dakota primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
1.The board consists of eleven members. The appointment and replacement of the
members must ensure that:
a.Six board members represent employers in this state which maintain active
accounts with the organization. Two of the employer members must be
employers with annual premiums, which at the time of the member's initial
appointment were greater than twenty-five thousand dollars; one of the employer
members must be an employer with an annual premium, which at the time of the
member's initial appointment was less than twenty-five thousand dollars; one of
the employer members must be an employer with an annual premium, which at
the time of the member's initial appointment was less than ten thousand dollars;
and two of the employer members must be employer at-large representatives.
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1. The board consists of eleven members. The appointment and replacement of the
members must ensure that:
a. Six board members represent employers in this state which maintain active
accounts with the organization. Two of the employer members must be
employers with annual premiums, which at the time of the member's initial
appointment were greater than twenty-five thousand dollars; one of the employer
members must be an employer with an annual premium, which at the time of the
member's initial appointment was less than twenty-five thousand dollars; one of
the employer members must be an employer with an annual premium, which at
the time of the member's initial appointment was less than ten thousand dollars;
and two of the employer members must be employer at-large representatives.
Except for the employer at-large representatives, each employer representative
must be a principal owner, chief executive officer, or chief financial officer of the
employer.
b. Three members represent employees. Of the three employee members, one
member must represent organized labor and one other member must have
received workforce safety and insurance wage-loss benefits at some time during
the ten years before the member's initial appointment.
c. One member is a member of the North Dakota medical association.
d. One member is a member at large who must be a resident of this state and at
least twenty-one years of age.
2. Board members shall serve four-year terms. The governor shall make the necessary
appointments to ensure the term of office of members begins on January first of each
even-numbered year. A board member may not serve more than two consecutive
terms.
a. A departing member representing an employer must be replaced by a member
representing an employer, most of whose employees are in a different rate
classification than those of the employer represented by the departing member.
The governor shall appoint the member for an employer representative from a list
of three potential candidates submitted by an organization of business
associations. The organization shall accept qualified candidate recommendations
received from representatives from the associated general contractors of North
Dakota, the North Dakota petroleum council, the greater North Dakota chamber
of commerce, the North Dakota motor carriers association, the North Dakota
hospital association, the national federation of independent business, the lignite
energy council, and other statewide business interests.
b. The governor shall select the member for the organized labor employee
representative from a list of three potential candidates submitted by an
organization that is statewide in scope and which through the organization's
affiliates embraces a cross section and a majority of organized labor in this state.
c. The governor shall select the two employee representatives who do not represent
organized labor and the member at large.
d. The governor shall select the member representing the North Dakota medical
association from a list of three potential candidates submitted by the North
Dakota medical association.
e. Within the thirty days following receipt of a list of potential candidates
representing employers, organized labor, or the North Dakota medical
association, the governor may reject the list and request that the submitting entity
submit a new list of potential candidates.
3. Vacancies in the membership of the board must be filled for the unexpired term by
appointment by the governor as provided in this section.