Section 352. Veterans' affairs commission

1. There shall be in the division
  a  veterans'  affairs commission, which shall consist of the members and
  the ex officio members provided for in this section.
    2. There shall be thirteen members of  the  commission  who  shall  be
  veterans   appointed   by  the  governor,  including  two  appointed  on
  recommendation of the temporary president of the senate,  one  appointed
  on recommendation of the minority leader of the senate, two appointed on
  recommendation  of  the  speaker  of  the assembly, and one appointed on
  recommendation of the minority leader of the assembly.  The  appointment
  of  members made by the governor without recommendation shall be subject
  to advice and consent of the senate. The members of the commission shall
  serve for terms of three years each,  provided,  however,  that  of  the
  members  appointed  during  nineteen  hundred  ninety-three  or nineteen
  hundred ninety-four (a) the persons appointed on recommendation  of  the
  temporary  president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly shall
  be appointed for terms ending December  thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred
  ninety-six;  (b) the persons appointed on recommendation of the minority
  leader of the senate and the minority leader of  the  assembly  and  the
  first appointed two persons by the governor shall be appointed for terms
  ending  December thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-five; and (c) the
  other five persons appointed by the  governor  shall  be  appointed  for
  terms   ending  December  thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-four.
  Appointed members presently serving on the commission shall continue  to
  serve  for  the  remainder  of the term appointed.  Any member chosen to
  fill a vacancy of such an appointed member occurring otherwise  than  by
  expiration of term shall be appointed for the remainder of the unexpired
  term  of  the  member whom he or she is to succeed. Members appointed as
  provided  in  this  subdivision  shall  receive  no  salary   or   other
  compensation,  but  each  shall be entitled to receive expenses actually
  and necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties.
    3. Ex officio members. (a) The adjutant general of the  state  of  New
  York shall be an ex officio member of the commission.
    (b)  In addition, the state director may appoint the head of any other
  state agency or their designee as a non-voting, ex officio member of the
  commission.  Such  appointments  shall  expire  annually   on   December
  thirty-first unless such appointments are renewed by the state director.
    4.  One  of  the  members  of  the commission, which shall include the
  adjutant general, shall be designated as chairperson  by  the  governor.
  The  designation  shall  be  in  writing  and  shall  be  filed with the
  commission.
    5. The commission shall have power, and  it  shall  be  its  duty,  to
  assist  the  state  director  in  the  formulation of policies affecting
  veterans and in the coordination of all  operations  of  state  agencies
  relating to veterans' affairs.