Section 265-D. Members

1. The members of the funding and ethics committees
  shall serve without compensation, but shall be entitled to reimbursement
  for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance  of  their
  official  duties. Such members, except as otherwise provided by law, may
  engage in private employment, or in a profession or business.
    2. The provisions of section seventeen  of  the  public  officers  law
  shall apply to members of the committees.
    3.  The  provisions  of article seven of the public officers law shall
  apply to meetings of the funding and ethics committees.