N.Y. Executive Law § 160-c: State board of real estate appraisal

§ 160-c. State board of real estate appraisal. 1. There is hereby

established within the department of state a state board of real estate

appraisal which shall consist of nine members, three of whom shall be

public members and six of whom shall be real estate appraisers, who

shall have and exercise the powers of the board as set forth in section

one hundred sixty-d of this article.

2. Three members shall be appointed by the governor, one of whom shall

be a public member; two members shall be appointed by the temporary

president of the senate, one of whom shall be a real estate appraiser

and one of whom shall be a public member; two members shall be appointed

by the speaker of the assembly, one of whom shall be a real estate

appraiser and one of whom shall be a public member; one member shall be

appointed by the minority leader of the senate; one member shall be

appointed by the minority leader of the assembly. The term of each

member shall be five years.

3. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the members of the first board who

are real estate appraisers, need not be certified or licensed under this

article prior to their appointment to the board. The board shall appoint

an executive secretary who shall be a real estate appraiser.

4. The executive secretary and real estate appraiser members first

appointed to the board shall be certified designated members in good

standing of a nationally recognized real estate appraisal organization

that as of June first, nineteen hundred eighty-nine, required appraisal

experience, education and testing in order to become a designated

member, in addition to adherence to standards of professional practice

in order to retain such designation. Each real estate appraiser member

of the board appointed after January first, nineteen hundred ninety-six,

must be a state certified real estate appraiser. At least one-half of

the appraiser members appointed after January first, nineteen hundred

ninety-six, shall hold the general appraisal certificate. Any vacancy

occurring on the board shall be filled within sixty days of its

occurrence, in the same manner as the member whose vacancy is being

filled was appointed. A person appointed to fill a vacancy occurring

other than by expiration of a term shall be appointed for the unexpired

term of the member he succeeds. No person shall serve as a member of

the board for more than two consecutive terms. The public members of the

board shall not be engaged in the practice of real estate appraising.