N.Y. Executive Law § 841-a: Security guard advisory council

§ 841-a. Security guard advisory council. 1. There is hereby created

within the division a security guard advisory council composed of

seventeen members who are knowledgeable about the security guard

industry. In addition, the council shall include as ex-officio

non-voting members, the secretary of state and the commissioner of the

division of criminal justice services, or their respective designees.

All members shall be residents of the state and shall be selected as

follows:

(a) eight shall be appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be a

representative of a contractual security company, one of whom shall be a

representative of a proprietary security company, one of whom shall be a

person actively employed as a security guard for a contractual security

company and one of whom shall be a person actively employed as a

security guard for a proprietary security company;

(b) three shall be appointed by the governor on the recommendation of

the temporary president of the senate;

(c) one shall be appointed by the governor on the recommendation of

the minority leader of the senate;

(d) three shall be appointed by the governor on the recommendation of

the speaker of the assembly;

(e) one shall be appointed by the governor on the recommendation of

the minority leader of the assembly;

(f) one shall be appointed by the governor who shall be a full-time

faculty member of a college or university who teaches and whose area of

expertise is in the field of security.

2. The governor shall designate from among the members of the council

a chairperson and a vice-chairperson who shall each serve at the

pleasure of the governor.

3. All members of the council appointed by the governor shall be

appointed for terms of three years, such terms to commence on January

first, and expire on December thirty-first; provided, however, that of

the members first appointed, four shall be appointed for one year terms

and four shall be appointed for two year terms. Any member chosen to

fill a vacancy created otherwise than by expiration of term shall be

appointed for the unexpired term of the member whom he is to succeed.

Vacancies caused by expiration of a term or otherwise shall be filled in

the same manner as original appointments. Any member may be reappointed

for additional terms.

4. The council shall meet as frequently as it deems necessary but in

no event less than one time in each year. Special meetings may be

called by the chairperson and shall be called by him or her at the

request of the governor or upon the written request of nine members of

the council. The council may establish its own requirements as to quorum

and its own procedures with respect to the conduct of its meetings and

other affairs; provided, however, that all recommendations made by the

council to the governor pursuant to section eight hundred forty-one-b of

this article shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the

council.

5. Membership on the council shall not constitute the holding of an

office, and members of the council shall not be required to take and

file oaths of office before serving on the council. The council shall

not have the right to exercise any portion of the sovereign powers of

the state.

6. The members of the council shall receive no compensation for their

services but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses

incurred in the performance of their functions hereunder.

7. No member of the council shall be disqualified from holding any

public office or employment, nor shall he or she forfeit any such office

or employment, by reason of his or her appointment hereunder,

notwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local law,

ordinance or city charter.