N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 46-0105: Albany Pine Bush preserve commission

§ 46-0105. Albany Pine Bush preserve commission.

1. The Albany Pine Bush preserve commission is hereby established in

the department to be a body corporate and public and to consist of

eleven voting members who shall be as follows: the commissioner, the

commissioner of the state office of parks, recreation and historic

preservation, the mayor of the city of Albany, the town supervisors of

the towns of Colonie and Guilderland, the chief executive officer of the

county of Albany, the state director of the New York field office of the

nature conservancy and four members to be appointed by the governor with

the advice and consent of the Senate. The four appointed private citizen

members of the commission shall be by training, education, experience or

attainment qualified to analyze or interpret or support matters relevant

to the protection, maintenance and/or management of the Albany Pine

Bush. Each of the seven ex-officio members may designate a

representative to attend, in his or her place, meetings of the

commission and to act in his or her behalf. The Governor shall

designate the chairman. The term of office of the four private citizen

members shall be four years. In the event of a vacancy occurring other

than by the expiration of a member's term, such vacancy shall be filled

for the balance of the unexpired term in the same manner as the original

appointment. A majority of the members of the commission shall

constitute a quorum.

2. The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for

their services, but shall be reimbursed for their expenses actually and

necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties hereunder.

Members and staff of the commission shall be considered state employees

for the purposes of sections seventeen and nineteen of the public

officers law.