N.Y. Railroad Law § 235: Quorum; term of office; removal; vacancies in board of commissioners

§ 235. Quorum; term of office; removal; vacancies in board of

commissioners. A majority of the members of any board of commissioners

appointed under this article shall be a quorum for the transaction of

any business or the performance of any duty or function, or the exercise

of any power, conferred or enjoined upon them. Any commissioner may be

removed for cause at any time by the power appointing him, but no

commissioner shall be removed without due notice and an opportunity to

be heard in defense; and no commissioner thus removed is or shall be

eligible to be again appointed to the office of commissioner. In case of

the death, resignation or removal from office of any commissioner the

vacancy shall be filled by the power appointing him, within thirty days

after such removal, or within thirty days after notice in writing to

such appointing power given by some member of the board, or by the

corporation hereinafter mentioned, of such death or resignation, and a

certificate of every such appointment shall be filed as hereinbefore

required. Except as otherwise provided by law, the terms of office of

the commissioners shall determine and expire with the performance of

their functions as hereinabove prescribed.