Section 5-0101. Continuation of state environmental board; membership

1.   There  is  hereby  continued  within  the  department  the  State
  Environmental Board, which shall consist of sixteen  members,  including
  the   Commissioner   of   Environmental   Conservation   as  chair;  the
  Commissioner of Health as vice chair; the Commissioners  of  Agriculture
  and  Markets,  Economic  Development,  Transportation, Labor, and Parks,
  Recreation and Historic Preservation, the Secretary of State, the  Chair
  of  the  Public  Service Commission, the President of the New York State
  Energy Research and Development Authority, and members to  be  appointed
  by  the  Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. None of the
  members appointed by the Governor shall be officers or employees of  any
  state  department  or agency and each shall be, by professional training
  or experience and attainment, qualified to analyze and interpret matters
  of environmental concern. Of such members, one shall  be  representative
  of  conservationists  of  the  state  and shall be familiar with matters
  pertaining to the utilization of the natural resources of the state, one
  shall be representative of industry and as such shall be employed  by  a
  manufacturer   or   public  utility,  one  shall  be  representative  of
  agriculture and shall be familiar with matters pertaining to agriculture
  and three shall be from the fields of public health,  natural  sciences,
  urban  studies or other disciplines relating to the environment, ecology
  or natural resource management.
    2. An ex officio member of the state environmental board may  delegate
  all  powers  and  duties  provided  under this article, including voting
  rights, to another employee of the member's  department,  commission  or
  authority. Such delegation shall be made in writing in a form acceptable
  to the chair.