Section 5.01. Council

There  shall continue to be in the office a state
  council of parks and outdoor recreation,  to  be  hereafter  called  the
  state  council  of  parks,  recreation  and  historic  preservation. The
  commissioner shall be a member of the council and shall  coordinate  the
  functions  and  activities  of  the office with those of the council. In
  addition, the council shall consist of the commissioner of environmental
  conservation, the chairmen of the several regional park, recreation  and
  historic  preservation  commissions,  the chairman of the state board on
  historic preservation and the president of the Palisades interstate park
  commission if such president is a resident of the state of New York, and
  otherwise a resident member of such commission who shall  be  designated
  by  the  members  of such commission who are residents of this state. No
  member  of  the  council  or  his  representative  shall   receive   any
  compensation   for  his  services  as  such,  but  each  member  or  his
  representative shall be entitled to receive  his  actual  and  necessary
  expenses in performing the duties of his office.