(1) The Director of the Department of Consumer and Business Services may appoint a Safe Employment Education and Training Advisory Committee composed of seven members: Three representing employees, three representing employers and one representing the Department of Consumer and Business Services. The committee shall elect its chairperson.

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(2) The members of the committee shall be appointed for a term of three years and shall serve at the pleasure of the director. Before the expiration of the term of a member, the director shall appoint a successor. A member is eligible for reappointment. If there is a vacancy for any cause, the director shall make an appointment to become immediately effective.

(3) The members shall serve without compensation, but shall be entitled to travel expenses pursuant to ORS § 292.495.

(4) The duties of the committee shall be determined by the director and shall include, but not be limited to:

(a) Recommending to the director:

(A) Occupational Safety and Health Grant application procedures and criteria for grant approval;

(B) Occupational Safety and Health Grant recipients; and

(C) Revocation of grants to recipients failing to comply with grant criteria established by the director pursuant to ORS § 654.191.

(b) Receiving and processing Occupational Safety and Health Grant applications.

(5) The committee shall meet at least once every three months at a place, day and hour determined by the committee. The committee shall also meet at other times and places specified by a majority of the members of the committee or the chairperson of the committee. A majority of the members of the committee constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business. [1989 c.857 § 3]