N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 21-0103: Membership on commission

§ 21-0103. Membership on commission.

The state shall be represented on the New England Interstate Water

Pollution Control Commission by five commissioners to be appointed by

the Governor. One shall be the Commissioner of Environmental

Conservation, one shall be an officer of the Department of Environmental

Conservation and the others shall be such persons as the Governor shall

determine will serve the best interests of the state. The commissioners

shall serve during the pleasure of the Governor. They shall have all the

powers and duties enjoined by the compact; shall serve without

compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their expenses actually and

necessarily incurred by them in the performance of their duties. The

traveling expenses of the commissioners in attending meetings of the

commission shall be paid on the audit and warrant of the Comptroller

upon vouchers approved by the Department of Environmental Conservation

from funds appropriated to the Department of Environmental Conservation

for such purposes. The Commissioner of Environmental Conservation and

the officer of the Department of Environmental Conservation may

designate, from time to time, a deputy or other subordinate in his

department to attend and participate in any meeting of or hearing by or

other proceeding of the commission, with authority to vote as a

representative of or substitute for said commissioner or officer of the

Department of Environmental Conservation.