A Board of Reimbursement Appeals, consisting of 3 persons appointed by the Governor, is created to review decisions of the Department under Sections 5-105 through 5-115 of this Act. Board members shall serve for terms of 3 years commencing January l of the year their appointment becomes effective and continuing until their successors are appointed and qualified. All Board members appointed under law prior to the effective date of this Act shall serve until the expiration of the terms for which they were appointed and until their successors are appointed and qualified. All Board members shall take and subscribe to the constitutional oath of office and file it with the Secretary of State. They shall receive no compensation but the Department shall reimburse them for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. Persons appointed as Board members may have no other connection or duties with the Department.
405 ILCS 5/5-112