Section 160-C. State board of real estate appraisal

1. There is hereby
  established within the department of state a state board of real  estate
  appraisal  which  shall  consist of nine members, three of whom shall be
  public members and six of whom shall  be  real  estate  appraisers,  who
  shall  have and exercise the powers of the board as set forth in section
  one hundred sixty-d of this article.
    2. Three members shall be appointed by the governor, one of whom shall
  be a public member; two members shall  be  appointed  by  the  temporary
  president  of  the  senate, one of whom shall be a real estate appraiser
  and one of whom shall be a public member; two members shall be appointed
  by the speaker of the assembly, one of  whom  shall  be  a  real  estate
  appraiser  and one of whom shall be a public member; one member shall be
  appointed by the minority leader of the  senate;  one  member  shall  be
  appointed  by  the  minority  leader  of  the assembly. The term of each
  member shall be five years.
    3. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the members of the first  board  who
  are real estate appraisers, need not be certified or licensed under this
  article prior to their appointment to the board. The board shall appoint
  an executive secretary who shall be a real estate appraiser.
    4.  The  executive  secretary  and real estate appraiser members first
  appointed to the board shall be certified  designated  members  in  good
  standing  of  a nationally recognized real estate appraisal organization
  that as of June first, nineteen hundred eighty-nine, required  appraisal
  experience,  education  and  testing  in  order  to  become a designated
  member, in addition to adherence to standards of  professional  practice
  in  order  to retain such designation. Each real estate appraiser member
  of the board appointed after January first, nineteen hundred ninety-six,
  must be a state certified real estate appraiser. At  least  one-half  of
  the  appraiser  members  appointed after January first, nineteen hundred
  ninety-six, shall hold the general appraisal  certificate.  Any  vacancy
  occurring  on  the  board  shall  be  filled  within  sixty  days of its
  occurrence, in the same manner as the  member  whose  vacancy  is  being
  filled  was  appointed.  A  person appointed to fill a vacancy occurring
  other than by expiration of a term shall be appointed for the  unexpired
  term  of  the  member he succeeds.  No person shall serve as a member of
  the board for more than two consecutive terms. The public members of the
  board shall not be engaged in the practice of real estate appraising.