(a) The human resource investment council shall establish a state advisory council of eight (8) members. Four (4) of the members shall be appointed by the governor from recommendations made by the human resource investment council; two (2) of those members shall be persons who, because of vocation, employment or affiliation can be classed as employers and two (2) of those members shall be persons who because of vocation, employment or affiliation can be classed as employees. The chair of the house committee on labor, the chair of the senate committee on labor, the executive director of the economic policy council and the director of the department of labor and training shall serve on the council by virtue of their respective positions. The council shall aid the director of the department of labor and training in formulating policies and solving problems relating to the administration of chapters 42 — 44 of this title, and in assuring impartiality, neutrality, and freedom from partisan influence in the solution of those problems.
(b) The council shall provide on or before March 31 of each year to the governor and the general assembly a written report describing its activities.
History of Section.
G.L. 1938, ch. 284, § 3; P.L. 1949, ch. 2175, § 1; P.L. 1953, ch. 3206, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 28-42-37; P.L. 1961, ch. 72, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 226, § 10; P.L. 1982, ch. 414, § 6; P.L. 1997, ch. 34, § 2; P.L. 1998, ch. 369, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 401, § 1.