Section 941. Council on professional career opportunity

1. There is hereby
  created within the executive department a council on professional career
  opportunity  consisting  of eleven members as follows:  the commissioner
  of education, the commissioner of health, the chancellor  of  the  state
  university  of  New  York,  the chancellor of the city university of New
  York, and the president of the higher education services corporation  or
  their designees under written designation; and six additional members to
  be  appointed  by the governor, including two members appointed upon the
  recommendation of the temporary president of the senate and two  members
  appointed  upon  the  recommendation of the speaker of the assembly. The
  council shall include at least  one  representative  of  an  independent
  institution of higher education. Due consideration shall be given to the
  appointment  of  members recognized for their expertise in the fields of
  education and minority group issues. The governor shall designate one of
  the appointive members as chairperson to serve as such at  the  pleasure
  of  the  governor.  The  council shall terminate March thirty-first, two
  thousand three.
    2. The council shall meet once each annual quarter and  as  frequently
  as  its business may require. The appointed members of the council shall
  be reimbursed for their reasonable and  necessary  traveling  and  other
  expenses  incurred  in  the  performance  of  their  official duties. No
  additional compensation for services rendered pursuant to  this  chapter
  shall be received by members of the council.