Section 853. Officers; procedures; expenses

a. The commission shall elect a
  president,  vice-president  and  secretary  from  its own members, whose
  terms of office shall be for one year and  until  their  successors  are
  elected  and  have  qualified.  The commission shall keep minutes of its
  proceedings and adopt its own rules of procedure, which shall be  public
  documents.   Six   commissioners,   excluding  any  who  may  be  acting
  temporarily as representatives of an agency pursuant to subdivision c of
  section eight hundred fifty-one, shall constitute a quorum.
    b. The offices and staff necessary for the commission to  fulfill  its
  obligations  shall be provided for the commission, and the amount of its
  necessary expenses shall annually be provided in the budget.