N.Y. Legislative Law § 70: Commission created; terms and qualifications of members

§ 70. Commission created; terms and qualifications of members. A law

revision commission is hereby created, to consist of the chairman of the

committees on the judiciary and codes of the senate and assembly,

ex-officio, and five additional members, to be appointed by the

governor. The members first appointed by the governor shall be appointed

for such terms that the term of one member will expire on each

succeeding thirty-first day of December. The term of a member thereafter

appointed, except to fill a vacancy occurring otherwise than by

expiration of term, shall be five years from the expiration of the term

of his predecessor. A vacancy in the office of a member appointed by the

governor occurring otherwise than by expiration of term, shall be filled

by the governor for the remainder only of the term. Upon making the

original appointments, the governor shall designate one of the appointed

members as chairman of the commission. Upon the appointment of a

successor to the chairman of the commission, the governor shall

designate such successor or other member of the commission as chairman.

Four members appointed by the governor shall be attorneys and counselors

at law, admitted to practice in the courts of this state, and at least

two of them shall be members of law faculties of universities or law

schools within the state recognized by the board of regents of the state

of New York.