N.Y. Real Property Tax Law § 200: State board

§ 200. State board. There is hereby created in the department of

taxation and finance a separate and independent state board of real

property tax services, to consist of five members to be appointed by the

governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate. Of those

five members appointed by the governor, one such person shall be an

individual actively engaged in the commercial production for sale of

agricultural crops, livestock and livestock products of an average gross

sales value of ten thousand dollars or more. Said individual shall be

appointed in the first instance to a term of eight years upon expiration

of an existing term. Said initial term shall commence on the first day

of January next succeeding the year in which the existing term shall

expire. The governor shall designate one of the members as the chairman

of the board, who shall serve as chairman at the pleasure of the

governor. A majority of the duly appointed members shall constitute a

quorum and not less than a majority of such members concurring may

transact any business, perform any duty or exercise any power of the

board. The members of the board shall be appointed for terms of eight

years, commencing on the first day of January next following the year in

which the term of his predecessor expired, except that the terms of the

members first appointed shall expire as follows: one on December

thirty-first, nineteen hundred sixty-one, one on December thirty-first,

nineteen hundred sixty-three, one on December thirty-first, nineteen

hundred sixty-five, one on December thirty-first, nineteen hundred

sixty-seven, and one on December thirty-first, nineteen hundred

eighty-two. Vacancies occurring otherwise than by expiration of term

shall be filled for the unexpired term. All members shall receive

necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.