Section 27-3009. Master electrician's and special electrician's license board

a. For each calendar year,  the  commissioner  shall  appoint  a  board  to  review  the  character and fitness of applicants for a master
  electrician's or special electrician's  licenses  and  the  approval  of
  master  electrician  businesses,  to  advise  the commissioner regarding
  allegations of illegal practices on  the  part  of  master  and  special
  electricians or master electrician businesses, to investigate and report
  on  all proposed suspensions or revocations of licenses and approvals of
  master electrician businesses and all proposed penalties, and to perform
  any other responsibilities as may be requested by the  commissioner  and
  as  set  forth  in rules promulgated by the department. The commissioner
  may, for good cause shown, remove any member thereof and shall fill  any
  vacancy therein, which board shall consist of:
    1. Two officers or employees of the department.
    2. Two licensed master electricians actively engaged in the trade.
    3. A journeyman electrician.
    4.  An  electrical  inspector  in  the  employ of an inspection agency
  certified by the commissioner.
    5. An electrician in the employ of a public service corporation of the
  city.
    6. A registered architect or  licensed  professional  engineer  of  at
  least five years experience.
    7. A real estate owner or manager.
    b.  A  member  of  the  board  who  is  an  officer or employee of the
  department shall serve  as  chairperson  and  all  members  shall  serve
  without  compensation. Five members including the chairperson, who shall
  be entitled to vote, shall constitute a quorum  of  the  board  for  the
  transaction   of   business;   but  no  recommendation  for  the  issue,
  modification, suspension or revocation of a license  or  of  a  proposed
  penalty  shall be adopted except by the vote of at least five members of
  the board.
    c. The license board shall investigate the character  and  fitness  of
  all   applicants  for  licenses  who  shall  have  passed  the  required
  examination and shall report to the commissioner  the  results  of  such
  examination.  It  shall  investigate  and  hear  all  written complaints
  against holders of such licenses and master electrician  businesses  and
  report  to  the  commissioner its findings and recommendations. It shall
  keep minutes  of  its  proceedings  and  hearings  and  records  of  its
  investigations and examinations of applicants for licenses and approvals
  of  master  electrician businesses. Upon the holding of any hearing, the
  chairperson of the board presiding at such hearing may administer oaths,
  and the board may issue and cause to be served subpoenas  requiring  the
  attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers pertinent
  to  any  hearing held by it upon written complaint. Such subpoenas shall
  be signed by the commissioner and the fees and mileage paid to witnesses
  upon the service of such subpoenas shall be those prescribed in  section
  fifteen hundred thirty-nine of the civil practice law and rules.