(a) The office of state revenue commissioner is created.

(b) The commissioner shall be appointed by the Governor with the consent of the Senate and shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.

(c) Beginning July 1, 1999, the commissioner shall receive an annual salary to be set by the Governor, payable monthly or semimonthly, which shall be his or her total compensation for services as commissioner. The commissioner shall not be entitled to receive a contingent expense allowance, except that the commissioner shall be reimbursed for all actual and necessary expenses incurred by him or her in carrying out his or her official duties.

(d) The commissioner shall be required to take and subscribe before the Governor an oath to discharge faithfully and impartially the duties of such office, which oath shall be in addition to the oath required of all civil officers.

(e) The commissioner shall be personally liable to the state for any losses occasioned to it by his or her own intentional acts of misconduct. To indemnify the state for any such losses, the commissioner, upon beginning his or her duties, shall execute and file with the Governor an official surety bond approved as to form and sufficiency by the Attorney General in the amount of $100,000.00. The premium on the commissioner's bond shall be paid as an expense of the department.