N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 21-0903: Representation on the commission

§ 21-0903. Representation on the commission.

In pursuance of article four of the compact there shall be five

commissioners. One shall be the Commissioner of Environmental

Conservation or, if designated by him, one of his principal deputies.

The other four commissioners shall be designated by the Governor to

serve at his pleasure. Each commissioner shall have three-fifths of one

vote and is hereby given all of the powers conferred on a commissioner

by the compact or which shall be necessary or incidental to the

performance of his functions as such a commissioner. It is hereby

specifically recognized that the interests and activities of the Great

Lakes Commission contemplate many aspects of the great lakes and of

their relation to the member states. Accordingingly, it is declared to

be the legislative intent that each of the New York commissioners, and

such commissioners as a group, shall confer and consult with all other

agencies and officers of the state government whenever appropriate to

coordinate or make known the views and policies of such agencies and

officers with respect to the work of the commission or the interests of

the state in the great lakes basin.