2-15-1708. Safety employment education and training advisory committee -- terms -- expenses -- duties -- meetings. (1) There is a safety employment education and training advisory committee composed of seven members appointed by the commissioner of labor and industry to serve for terms of 3 years.
     (2) The committee consists of:
     (a) three members representing employees;
     (b) three members representing employers; and
     (c) one member representing the department of labor and industry.
     (3) The committee shall elect its presiding officer.
     (4) Before the expiration of the term of a member of the committee, the commissioner shall appoint a successor. A member may be reappointed. The commissioner shall make an appointment to fill a vacancy.
     (5) The members of the committee serve without compensation but are entitled to travel expenses as provided in 2-18-501.
     (6) The commissioner shall prescribe the committee's duties, including but not limited to recommending to the commissioner methods by which the department may:
     (a) implement safety education in secondary schools and vocational-technical programs;
     (b) facilitate the implementation of employer safety programs; and
     (c) universally increase safety awareness in the workplace.
     (7) The committee shall meet at least once every 3 months at a place and time determined by the committee and shall meet at other times and places determined by a majority of the members of the committee or the presiding officer of the committee. Four members of the committee constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but the department member may not be counted to determine a quorum.

     History: En. Sec. 8, Ch. 295, L. 1993.