Section 841-A. Security guard advisory council

1. There is hereby created
  within the division  a  security  guard  advisory  council  composed  of
  seventeen  members  who  are  knowledgeable  about  the  security  guard
  industry.  In  addition,  the  council  shall  include   as   ex-officio
  non-voting  members,  the secretary of state and the commissioner of the
  division of criminal justice services, or  their  respective  designees.
  All  members  shall  be  residents of the state and shall be selected as
  follows:
    (a) eight shall be appointed by the governor, one of whom shall  be  a
  representative of a contractual security company, one of whom shall be a
  representative of a proprietary security company, one of whom shall be a
  person  actively employed as a security guard for a contractual security
  company and one of whom  shall  be  a  person  actively  employed  as  a
  security guard for a proprietary security company;
    (b)  three shall be appointed by the governor on the recommendation of
  the temporary president of the senate;
    (c) one shall be appointed by the governor on  the  recommendation  of
  the minority leader of the senate;
    (d)  three shall be appointed by the governor on the recommendation of
  the speaker of the assembly;
    (e) one shall be appointed by the governor on  the  recommendation  of
  the minority leader of the assembly;
    (f)  one  shall  be appointed by the governor who shall be a full-time
  faculty member of a college or university who teaches and whose area  of
  expertise is in the field of security.
    2.  The governor shall designate from among the members of the council
  a chairperson and  a  vice-chairperson  who  shall  each  serve  at  the
  pleasure of the governor.
    3.  All  members  of  the  council  appointed by the governor shall be
  appointed for terms of three years, such terms to  commence  on  January
  first,  and  expire on December thirty-first; provided, however, that of
  the members first appointed, four shall be appointed for one year  terms
  and  four  shall  be  appointed for two year terms. Any member chosen to
  fill a vacancy created otherwise than by expiration  of  term  shall  be
  appointed  for  the  unexpired term of the member whom he is to succeed.
  Vacancies caused by expiration of a term or otherwise shall be filled in
  the same manner as original appointments. Any member may be  reappointed
  for additional terms.
    4.  The  council shall meet as frequently as it deems necessary but in
  no event less than one time in each  year.    Special  meetings  may  be
  called  by  the  chairperson  and  shall  be called by him or her at the
  request of the governor or upon the written request of nine  members  of
  the council. The council may establish its own requirements as to quorum
  and  its  own procedures with respect to the conduct of its meetings and
  other affairs; provided, however, that all recommendations made  by  the
  council to the governor pursuant to section eight hundred forty-one-b of
  this  article  shall  require  the affirmative vote of a majority of the
  council.
    5. Membership on the council shall not constitute the  holding  of  an
  office,  and  members  of  the council shall not be required to take and
  file oaths of office before serving on the council.  The  council  shall
  not  have  the  right to exercise any portion of the sovereign powers of
  the state.
    6. The members of the council shall receive no compensation for  their
  services  but  shall  be  allowed  their  actual  and necessary expenses
  incurred in the performance of their functions hereunder.
    7. No member of the council shall be  disqualified  from  holding  any
  public office or employment, nor shall he or she forfeit any such office

  or   employment,   by  reason  of  his  or  her  appointment  hereunder,
  notwithstanding the provisions of any general,  special  or  local  law,
  ordinance or city charter.