N.Y. Workers' Compensation Law § 148: Salaries and expenses

§ 148. Salaries and expenses. 1. The chairman and members of the board

shall devote their entire time to the duties of their office and shall

not practice in their respective professions or callings. The reasonable

and necessary expenses of the board and the reasonable and necessary

traveling and other expenses of the chairman and members of the board,

the secretary and other officers and employees of the board, while

actually engaged in the performance of their duties, outside of the city

of Albany, or if any such officer or employee be in charge of or

actually employed at an office of the board outside of the city of

Albany, the reasonable and necessary traveling and other expenses

outside of the place in which such office is located, shall be paid from

the state treasury upon the audit and warrant of the comptroller, upon

vouchers approved by the chairman or vice-chairman or secretary of the

board.

2. For the purpose of extending the benefits of workmen's compensation

and improving administration and expediting the adjudication of claims,

the chairman is hereby authorized, within the limits of the

appropriation available therefor, to initiate studies and surveys, to

observe operations in other states, to conduct research, and to make

investigations in the entire field of workmen's compensation, within and

without the state of New York. The chairman is also hereby authorized to

accept a gift, grant, or contribution of funds to be used in his

discretion to carry out the purposes of this subdivision and shall in

the annual report of the board set forth the progress of the same.