Section 70. Commission created; terms and qualifications of members

A law
  revision commission is hereby created, to consist of the chairman of the
  committees on the judiciary  and  codes  of  the  senate  and  assembly,
  ex-officio,  and  five  additional  members,  to  be  appointed  by  the
  governor. The members first appointed by the governor shall be appointed
  for such terms  that  the  term  of  one  member  will  expire  on  each
  succeeding thirty-first day of December. The term of a member thereafter
  appointed,  except  to  fill  a  vacancy  occurring  otherwise  than  by
  expiration of term, shall be five years from the expiration of the  term
  of his predecessor. A vacancy in the office of a member appointed by the
  governor occurring otherwise than by expiration of term, shall be filled
  by  the  governor  for  the  remainder only of the term. Upon making the
  original appointments, the governor shall designate one of the appointed
  members as chairman  of  the  commission.  Upon  the  appointment  of  a
  successor  to  the  chairman  of  the  commission,  the  governor  shall
  designate such successor or other member of the commission as  chairman.
  Four members appointed by the governor shall be attorneys and counselors
  at  law,  admitted to practice in the courts of this state, and at least
  two of them shall be members of law faculties  of  universities  or  law
  schools within the state recognized by the board of regents of the state
  of New York.