Section 2799. Research council

1. There is hereby established within the
  institute a research council composed of seven members to  be  appointed
  by  the  commissioner. The members shall be representative of recognized
  centers engaged in scientific investigation of tick-borne diseases.
    2.  The   research   council   shall   be   responsible   for   making
  recommendations  to  the  institute for the purposes of carrying out the
  provisions of subdivisions one and two of  section  two  thousand  seven
  hundred ninety-eight of this article.
    3.  The research council shall meet at least two times a year. Special
  meetings may be called by the chairman, and shall be called  by  him  at
  the request of the commissioner.
    4.  The members of the council shall receive no compensation for their
  services, but shall be  allowed  their  actual  and  necessary  expenses
  incurred in the performance of their duties hereunder.