- (a) A Commissioner of Insurance shall be chief executive officer of the department. The commissioner shall be appointed by the Governor. He shall serve for a term concurrent with that of the Governor by whom he is appointed, or for the unexpired portion thereof.
- (b) The commissioner shall be selected with special reference to his training, experience, and capacity. He shall not be a candidate for, nor hold, any other public office of trust nor be a member of any political committee. If he becomes a candidate for public office or becomes a member of a political committee, his office as commissioner shall be immediately vacated.
(Acts 1951, No. 234, p. 504, §§4, 5; Acts 1971, No. 407, p. 707, §17.)