Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 288
Employment Security
←288.398
Section 288.475.1
288.500→
August 28, 2015
Missouri state unemployment council created, members, meetings, terms, duties--proposals submitted to division, when--access to records--outside study authorized.
288.475. 1. There is hereby created a "Missouri State Unemployment
Council". The council shall consist of nine appointed voting members and two
appointed nonvoting members. All appointees shall be persons whose training
and experience qualify them to deal with the difficult problems of
unemployment compensation, particularly legal, accounting, actuarial,
economic, and social aspects of unemployment compensation.
(1) Three voting members shall be appointed to the council by the
governor. One voting member shall be appointed on account of his or her
vocation, employment, or affiliations being classed as representative of
employers. One voting member shall be appointed on account of his or her
vocation, employment, or affiliations being classed as representative of
employees. One voting member shall be appointed to represent the public
interest separate from employee or employer representation.
(2) Three voting members and one nonvoting member shall be appointed to
the council by the speaker of the house of representatives. One voting
member shall be appointed on account of his or her vocation, employment, or
affiliations being classed as representative of employers that employ twenty
or less employees. One voting member shall be appointed on account of his or
her vocation, employment, or affiliations being classed as representative of
employees. One voting member shall be appointed to represent the public
interest separate from employee or employer representation. One nonvoting
member shall be appointed from the house of representatives.
(3) Three voting members and one nonvoting member shall be appointed to
the council by the president pro tem of the senate. One voting member shall
be appointed on account of his or her vocation, employment, or affiliations
being classed as representative of employers. One voting member shall be
appointed on account of his or her vocation, employment, or affiliations
being classed as representative of employees. One voting member shall be
appointed to represent the public interest separate from employee or employer
representation. One nonvoting member shall be appointed from the senate.
2. The council shall organize itself and select a chairperson or
cochairpersons and other officers from the nine voting members. Six voting
members shall constitute a quorum and the council shall act only upon the
affirmative vote of at least five of the voting members. The council shall
meet no less than four times yearly. Members of the council shall serve
without compensation, but are to be reimbursed the amount of actual expenses.
Actual expenses shall be paid from the special employment security fund
under section 288.310.
3. The division shall provide professional and clerical assistance as
needed for regularly scheduled meetings.
4. Each nonvoting member shall serve for a term of four years or until he
or she is no longer a member of the general assembly whichever occurs first.
A nonvoting member's term shall be a maximum of four years. Each voting
member shall serve for a term of three years. For the initial appointment,
the governor-appointed employer representative, the speaker of the
house-appointed employee representative, and the president pro tem of the
senate-appointed public interest representative shall serve an initial term
of one year. For the initial appointment, the governor-appointed employee
representative, the speaker of the house-appointed public interest
representative, and the president pro tem of the senate-appointed employer
representative shall serve an initial term of two years. At the end of a
voting member's term he or she may be reappointed; however, he or she shall
serve no more than two terms excluding the initial term for a maximum of
eight years.
5. The council shall advise the division in carrying out the purposes of
this chapter. The council shall submit annually by January fifteenth to the
governor and the general assembly its recommendations regarding amendments to
this chapter, the status of unemployment insurance, the projected maintenance
of the solvency of unemployment insurance, and the adequacy of unemployment
compensation.
6. The council shall present to the division every proposal of the
council for changes in this chapter and shall seek the division's concurrence
with the proposal. The division shall give careful consideration to every
proposal submitted by the council for legislative or administrative action and
shall review each legislative proposal for possible incorporation into
department of labor and industrial relations' recommendations.
7. The council shall have access to only the records of the division that
are necessary for the administration of this chapter and to the reasonable
services of the employees of the division. It may request the director or
any of the employees appointed by the director or any employee subject to this
chapter to appear before it and to testify relative to the functioning of
this chapter and to other relevant matters. The council may conduct research
of its own, make and publish reports, and recommend to the division needed
changes in this chapter or in the rules of the division as it considers
necessary.
8. The council, unless prohibited by a concurrent resolution of the
general assembly, shall be authorized to commission an outside study of the
solvency, adequacy, and staffing and operational efficiency of the Missouri
unemployment system. The study shall be conducted every five years, the
first being conducted in fiscal year 2005. The study shall be funded subject
to appropriation from the special employment security fund under section
288.310.
(L. 2004 H.B. 1268 & 1211 § 288.501 merged with S.B. 966 § 288.501)
Effective 8-28-04 (S.B. 966)
1-01-05 (H.B. 1268 & 1211)
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