N.Y. Civil Service Law § 5: Department of civil service; state civil service commission

§ 5. Department of civil service; state civil service commission. 1.

The department. There shall continue to be in the state government a

department of civil service. The head of the department shall be the

president of the state civil service commission who shall be responsible

for the discharge of the duties and functions of the department.

2. The commission. (a) Appointment. The state civil service commission

is continued and shall consist of three commissioners who shall be

appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the

senate, not more than two of whom shall be adherents of the same

political party. The governor shall designate one of the members of the

commission to be president of the commission and such member shall serve

in the capacity of president during the pleasure of the governor. The

members shall not hold any other public office or public employment for

which they shall receive compensation other than necessary travel and

other expenses incurred in the performance of the duties of such other

office or employment, or engage in private employment or in a profession

or business which interferes with the performance of their duties or

requires their disqualification from the performance of such duties

because of a conflict of interests caused thereby. The commissioners

other than the president of the commission shall, when performing the

work of the commission, be compensated at the rate of two hundred fifty

dollars per day, together with an allowance for actual and necessary

expenses incurred in the discharge of their duties hereunder. The

president of the commission shall receive an annual salary established

in section one hundred sixty-nine of the executive law. No member shall

serve as an officer of any political party or political organization or

engage in partisan political activities.

(b) Term of office. The term of office of each member shall be six

years from the first day of February of the year in which the term of

his predecessor expired. A vacancy in the membership of the commission

shall be filled by appointment by the governor, by and with the advice

and consent of the senate, for the unexpired term.

(c) Expenses. The president and each of the other members shall be

paid the necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of his duties.