Section 401. Statewide wireless network advisory council

There is hereby
  established within  the  office  for  technology  a  statewide  wireless
  network   advisory  council.  The  advisory  council  shall  consist  of
  twenty-seven members. The governor shall appoint  two  members  and  the
  temporary  president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly shall
  each appoint four members. One of the governor's appointments and  three
  of  the appointments of the temporary president of the senate and of the
  speaker of the assembly shall be a member, officer,  or  employee  of  a
  first  responder  organization  that serves a municipal corporation. One
  each of the appointments of the temporary president of the senate and of
  the speaker of the assembly shall possess  expertise  in  the  field  of
  communications   technology   but  no  appointee  shall  be  the  owner,
  principal, or employee of an entity that has a contract with  the  state
  of  New York or that vends communications products to any state or local
  government. An  organization  shall  be  considered  a  first  responder
  organization if it provides policing, firefighting, or emergency medical
  services,  as defined in subdivision eleven of section three hundred two
  of the retirement and social security law, subdivision  two  of  section
  one  hundred of the general municipal law, subdivisions one, two, three,
  four, five, six, and seven of section three thousand one of  the  public
  health  law,  and  section  six  hundred  fifty  of  the  county law. In
  addition, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker  of  the
  assembly  shall  each designate one member of their respective houses to
  serve on the advisory council. Ex officio members of the  council  shall
  be  the  director of the office of homeland security, the superintendent
  of the state police, the director of  the  office  for  technology,  the
  commissioner  of  the  department  of  health,  the  commissioner of the
  department of correctional services, the commissioner of the  department
  of  transportation,  the commissioner of the department of environmental
  conservation, the chairperson of the thruway authority, the  state  fire
  administrator  of  the  office of fire prevention and control, the chief
  judge of the state, the commissioner of the division of criminal justice
  services, the chairperson of the metropolitan transportation  authority,
  a  designee of the law enforcement council and the designee of the mayor
  of the city of New York,  or  their  designees.  The  chief  information
  officer of New York state shall be the chair of the advisory council.