2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 48-804 — Judges, appointment, term; vacancy; removal; presiding judge; selection; duties; quorum; applicability of law.

Section 48-804
Judges, appointment, term; vacancy; removal; presiding judge; selection; duties; quorum; applicability of law.

(1) The Commission of Industrial Relations shall be composed of five judges who shall be appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Legislature. Such judges shall be representative of the public. Of the three judges first appointed, one shall be appointed for a term of two years, one for a term of four years, and one for a term of six years, the terms to begin simultaneously upon qualification of the persons to be appointed within thirty days after May 31, 1947. Upon the expiration of the term of the three judges first appointed, each succeeding judge shall be appointed and hold office for a term of six years and until his successor shall have qualified. Two judges shall be appointed for six-year terms within thirty days after December 25, 1969, with their successors to be appointed for a term of six years and until their successors have been appointed and qualified. In case of a vacancy in the office of judge of the Commission of Industrial Relations, the Governor shall appoint his or her successor to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term.

(2) Any judge of the Commission of Industrial Relations may be removed by the Governor for the same causes as a judge of the district court may be removed.

(3) The judges shall on July 1 of every odd-numbered year by a majority vote select one of their number as presiding judge for the next two years, who shall preside at all hearings by the Commission of Industrial Relations en banc, and shall assign the work of the commission to the several judges and perform such other supervisory duties as the needs of the commission may require. A majority of the judges of the commission shall constitute a quorum to transact business. The act or decision of any three of the judges thereof shall in all cases be deemed the act or decision of the commission.

(4) The Commission of Industrial Relations shall not be subject to the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act.

Source:

Laws 1947, c. 178, § 4, p. 588

Laws 1969, c. 407, § 2, p. 1407

Laws 1974, LB 819, § 1

Laws 1979, LB 444, § 2

Cross References:

Administrative Procedure Act,see section 84-920.

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska