There shall be a State Insurance and Risk Management Board consisting of twelve persons whom the Governor shall appoint subject to the provisions of section 4-9a. Four of such appointees shall be public members and eight shall be qualified by training and experience to carry out their duties under the provisions of sections 4a-20 and 4a-21. The Comptroller shall be an ex-officio voting member of said board and may designate another person to act in his or her place. Not more than eight appointed members of said board shall, at any time, be members of the same political party. Said appointed members shall receive no compensation for the performance of their duties as such but shall be reimbursed for their necessary expenses. The board shall meet at least once during each calendar quarter and at such other times as the chairperson deems necessary. Special meetings shall be held on the request of a majority of the board after notice in accordance with the provisions of section 1-225. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum. Any member who fails to attend three consecutive meetings or who fails to attend fifty per cent of all meetings held during any calendar year shall be deemed to have resigned from office. Said board shall be within the Department of Administrative Services, provided the board shall have independent decision-making authority. Said department shall provide staff support for the board.

(1963, P.A. 348, S. 1; February, 1965, P.A. 313, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 656, S. 67; P.A. 77-614, S. 84, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 3, 85, 136; P.A. 79-560, S. 2, 39; P.A. 83-570, S. 4, 17; P.A. 98-74, S. 1, 4; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7, S. 24; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 491.)

History: 1965 act changed name of board, formerly commission; 1967 act made provision for filling vacancy on board; P.A. 77-614 deleted language concerning gubernatorial appointments to fill expired terms and providing for election of chairman and placed board within department of administrative services for administrative purposes; P.A. 78-303 changed number of members from seven to eleven to be appointed by governor and required that four be public members, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-560 changed number of members permitted to be of same political party from four to six; P.A. 83-570 amended section by adding reference to Sec. 4-9a, clarifying that comptroller is a voting member of the board and may designate another person to act in his place, adding procedural and attendance requirements for board meetings and limiting members' terms; Sec. 4-37a transferred to Sec. 4a-19 in 1989; P.A. 98-74 changed name of board from “State Insurance Purchasing Board” to “State Insurance and Risk Management Board” and placed Board within the Office of the State Comptroller rather than within the Department of Administrative Services, effective July 1, 1998; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-7 moved board from Office of the State Comptroller to Department of Administrative Services and required department to provide staff support, effective October 5, 2009; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 changed number of gubernatorial appointments from 11 to 12, number of such appointees qualified by training and experience from 7 to 8 and number of members permitted to be of same political party from 6 to 8, deleted provision authorizing Governor to fill any vacancy for unexpired portion of the term, deleted provision prohibiting member from serving more than 2 full consecutive terms which commence on or after July 1, 1983, and made a technical change, effective June 30, 2015.

See Sec. 4-9a for definition of “public member”.

Annotation to former section 4-37a:

Cited. 24 CS 423.

Annotation to present section:

Cited. 34 CA 863.