17:49A-5. Insurance fund commission

a. Upon the establishment of a nonprofit corporation joint insurance fund, the chief executive officer or the board of each participating nonprofit corporation shall appoint one of its officers or one member of its board to represent that nonprofit corporation as insurance fund commissioner. Together, they shall constitute an insurance fund commission. Commissioners shall hold office at the pleasure of the chief executive officer or board who appointed them, or as long as they remain a member of the board or a corporate officer, whichever shall be less, and until their successors shall have been duly appointed and qualified. In the event that the number of nonprofit corporations represented is an even number, an additional member shall be annually selected by the participating nonprofit corporations. If the total number of commissioners exceeds seven, the commissioners shall annually meet to select not more than seven commissioners to serve as the executive committee of the fund. The executive committee shall exercise the full power and authority of the commission. Vacancies on the executive committee shall be filled by election of the entire commission. The commissioners shall serve without compensation. Any vacancy in the office of insurance fund commissioner shall be filled by an appointment by the chief executive officer or board of the participating nonprofit corporation as described in this subsection. The commission shall annually elect a chairman and a secretary.

b. Upon the establishment of a Keys amendment facility joint insurance fund, the owner of each participating Keys amendment facility shall represent, or the owners shall appoint one owner to represent that facility as insurance fund commissioner. Together, they shall constitute an insurance fund commission. Commissioners of Keys amendment facility joint insurance funds who represent a facility that has more than one owner shall serve as commissioner as long as they remain an owner of the facility and until their successors shall have been duly appointed and qualified. In the event that the number of facilities is an even number, an additional member shall be annually selected by the participating facilities. If the total number of commissioners exceeds seven, the commissioners shall annually meet to select not more than seven commissioners to serve as the executive committee of the fund. The executive committee shall exercise the full power and authority of the commission. Vacancies on the executive committee shall be filled by election of the entire commission. The commissioners shall serve without compensation. Any vacancy in the office of insurance fund commissioner shall be filled by the owner of a Keys amendment facility as described in this subsection. The commission shall annually elect a chairman and a secretary.

L. 1987, c. 431, s. 5.