Section 964. Long Island South Shore Estuary reserve council

1. There is
  hereby established a Long Island South Shore Estuary reserve council  to
  assist  in the development, advise in the implementation, and review the
  effectiveness of a comprehensive management plan  for  the  Long  Island
  South  Shore  Estuary  Reserve  that the state and local governments may
  implement.
    2. The council shall  consist  of  twenty-three  voting  members:  the
  secretary  of state, who shall be the chair; the county executive of the
  county of Nassau; the county executive of the  county  of  Suffolk;  the
  supervisor  of  the  city of Long Beach, the supervisors of the towns of
  Hempstead, Oyster Bay, Babylon, Islip,  Brookhaven  and  Southampton;  a
  mayor,  appointed  by the conference of mayors, from a village bordering
  the South Shore Estuary to represent the villages within the South Shore
  Estuary Reserve, all of the aforementioned whom may appoint a  designee;
  the chair of the citizens advisory committee; the chair of the technical
  advisory committee; a member of the Great South Bay Audubon Society, the
  dean of the Marine Sciences Research Center at Stony Brook or his or her
  designee,   a  member  of  the  New  York  Sportsfishing  Federation,  a
  representative of the Long Island Association, and a  representative  of
  the Long Island Builders Institute, Incorporated, however, if any of the
  previous  five  member  organizations decline to serve on the council, a
  replacement organization which represents  the  same  interests  as  the
  organization  that  is  vacating shall be nominated by a majority of the
  remaining voting members of the council and appointed by  the  secretary
  of state; the secretary of state shall appoint one member who shall be a
  representative  of  a  property  owner  association  from a community or
  communities bordering the South Shore Estuary to represent the interests
  of property owners within the South Shore Estuary  Reserve;  the  county
  executive of the county of Nassau shall appoint two members, one of whom
  shall  be  a representative of the marina industry and one of whom shall
  be a representative of a regional environmental organization; the county
  executive of the county of Suffolk shall appoint  two  members,  one  of
  whom  shall  be a representative of a local baymen's association and one
  of whom shall be a representative of the charter or party boat industry.
  All members shall reside in Nassau or  Suffolk  county  and  shall  have
  demonstrated  expertise  in  the functional areas to be addressed by the
  council.
    3. The department shall convene and conduct the council's meetings and
  record and prepare minutes.
    4. Terms of appointment. The terms of  all  members  who  are  elected
  public  officials  shall  be  concurrent with their terms of office. All
  other members shall serve for a term of four years or thereafter until a
  successor is appointed. An appointment to fill a vacancy shall  be  made
  for  the  remainder  of  the  affected  term  in  the same manner as the
  original appointment was made. Such appointment  shall  be  made  within
  sixty days of the date the position becomes vacant.
    5.  Thirteen  voting  members  shall  constitute  a quorum. Any action
  requiring a vote or  any  adoption  by  the  council  shall  require  an
  affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the voting members.
    6. If any member of the council fails to attend at least sixty percent
  of  the  meetings  during  a  period  of  twelve consecutive months, the
  department shall notify the designating authority.
    7. The members of the council shall  serve  without  compensation  and
  shall not be reimbursed for personal expenses.