Section 46-0105. Albany Pine Bush preserve commission

1.  The  Albany Pine Bush preserve commission is hereby established in
  the department to be a body corporate  and  public  and  to  consist  of
  eleven  voting  members  who  shall be as follows: the commissioner, the
  commissioner of the state  office  of  parks,  recreation  and  historic
  preservation,  the  mayor of the city of Albany, the town supervisors of
  the towns of Colonie and Guilderland, the chief executive officer of the
  county of Albany, the state director of the New York field office of the
  nature conservancy and four members to be appointed by the governor with
  the advice and consent of the Senate. The four appointed private citizen
  members of the commission shall be by training, education, experience or
  attainment qualified to analyze or interpret or support matters relevant
  to the protection, maintenance and/or  management  of  the  Albany  Pine
  Bush.   Each   of   the   seven   ex-officio  members  may  designate  a
  representative  to  attend,  in  his  or  her  place,  meetings  of  the
  commission  and  to  act  in  his  or  her  behalf.   The Governor shall
  designate the chairman. The term of office of the four  private  citizen
  members  shall be four years.  In the event of a vacancy occurring other
  than by the expiration of a member's term, such vacancy shall be  filled
  for the balance of the unexpired term in the same manner as the original
  appointment.   A  majority  of  the  members  of  the  commission  shall
  constitute a quorum.
    2. The members of the commission shall  receive  no  compensation  for
  their  services, but shall be reimbursed for their expenses actually and
  necessarily incurred in  the  performance  of  their  duties  hereunder.
  Members  and staff of the commission shall be considered state employees
  for the purposes of  sections  seventeen  and  nineteen  of  the  public
  officers law.