Section 11.07. Meetings

The board shall hold regular meetings at least
  four times a year at such times and places as it may direct, and special
  meetings when authorized and called as prescribed by its by-laws  or  by
  the  commissioner.  At  meetings  of  the  board,  the  commissioner  of
  education, the commissioner of environmental conservation, the secretary
  of state, the chairman of the state council on the arts and the chairman
  of the council may be represented by other officers or employees of  the
  state designated by them for such purpose.