N.Y. Alternative County Government Law § 52: County director form

§ 52. County director form. A county which shall adopt the county

director form of government shall have a county executive to be called

"county director." The board of supervisors shall appoint the county

director. The term of office of the county director first appointed

shall be four years from and including the first day of January of the

year in which the county director form becomes effective in the county.

Successors shall be appointed for terms of four years each. Vacancies

occurring otherwise than by expiration of term shall be filled by

appointment by the board of supervisors for the unexpired portion of the

term. The county director may, when authorized by local law, serve as

the head of one or more departments not administered by an elective

official but without additional compensation. The foregoing provisions

of this section, together with other applicable provisions of this

chapter, including those provisions which may be made applicable, shall

constitute the structure of the county director form of government

authorized to be adopted by this chapter.