Section 1677. Dormitory Authority

A board, to be known as the "Dormitory
  Authority," is hereby created. Such board shall be a body corporate  and
  politic  constituting  a  public  benefit  corporation. Such board shall
  consist of the commissioner of education, the  commissioner  of  health,
  the  comptroller  or  one member appointed by him or her who shall serve
  until his or her successor is appointed, the director of the budget, one
  member appointed by the temporary president of the  senate,  one  member
  appointed  by  the  speaker  of  the  assembly,  and  five members to be
  appointed by the governor, by and with the advice  and  consent  of  the
  senate,  for  a  term  of  three years. The governor shall also fill any
  vacancy which may  occur  by  reason  of  the  death,  disqualification,
  resignation   or  removal  of  any  member  theretofore  appointed.  The
  commissioner of education, the commissioner of health and  the  director
  of  the  budget  each  may appoint a person or persons to represent such
  commissioner or director, respectively, at all meetings  of  such  board
  from  which  such  commissioner  or director, as the case may be, may be
  absent. Any such representative so designated shall have  the  power  to
  attend  and  to vote at any meeting of such board from which the officer
  so designating him as a representative is absent with the same force and
  effect as if the officer designating him were present  and  voting.  The
  powers  of  the  board shall be vested in and exercised by a majority of
  the whole number of the members thereof. The members of the board  shall
  serve  without  compensation  but  shall be entitled to reimbursement of
  their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their
  official duties. The governor shall  appoint  a  chair  from  among  the
  members appointed by him or her who shall serve as such until his or her
  successor  is  appointed.  At  the first meeting of the board and at the
  first meeting thereof in each fiscal year thereafter the members of  the
  board  shall  choose from their number a vice-chair and a secretary. The
  authority may also use the facilities, employees, records and  equipment
  of the state department of education with the consent of the regents.