§ 46-25-8. Compensation - Personnel. (a) The members of the commission shall not be compensated for attendance at any board meeting, but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in carrying out their duties under this chapter.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, no officer or employee of the state shall be deemed to have forfeited or shall forfeit his or her office or employment by reason of his or her acceptance of membership on the commission or his or her service thereto.

(c) The commissioners shall employ an executive director who shall also be the secretary and who shall administer, manage, and direct the affairs and business of the commission, subject to the policies, control, and direction of the commissioners. The commissioners may employ technical experts and other officers, agents, and attorneys and fix their qualifications, duties, and compensation. Employees of the commission shall not, by reason of their employment, be employees of the state for any purpose, any provision of the general laws to the contrary notwithstanding, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, chapters 29, 39, and 42 of title 28 and chapters 4, 8, 9, and 10 of title 36. Those employees of the commission who were employed prior to June 30, 1999, shall continue to be covered by §§ 36-4-59, 36-5-7 and 36-5-8. The employees are not entitled to the provisions of §§ 36-4-59, 36-5-7 and 36-5-8 while employed by the commission. The employees are only entitled to the provisions of these statutes in the event that any such employee returns to employment in the classified service in a department within the executive branch. The commissioners may employ other employees, permanent and temporary. The commissioners may delegate to one or more of its agents or employees any administrative duties that they may deem proper.

(d) The secretary shall keep a record of the proceedings of the commission and shall be custodian of all books, documents, and papers filed with the commission and of its minute book and seal. He or she shall have authority to cause to be made copies of all minutes and other records and documents of the commission, and to give certificates under the seal of the commission to the effect that the copies are true copies and all persons dealing with the commission may rely upon the certificates.

(e) The department of administration may furnish the commission with suitable offices and telephone service in the state house, state office building, or some other convenient location, for the transaction of its business.

(f) The commissioners of the commission shall, at regular intervals conduct business meetings for the purpose of carrying out its general business. The meetings shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 46 of title 42 entitled "open meetings".

History of Section. (P.L. 1980, ch. 342, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 398, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 167, art. XXII, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 349, § 1; P.L. 1999, ch. 225, § 1; P.L. 2005, ch. 117, art. 21, § 35.)