2006 New York Fire Fighting And Code Enforcement Personnel Standards And Education Commission.

 
    § 159-a. Fire  fighting  and  code enforcement personnel standards and
  education commission. 1. There is hereby created within  the  department
  of  state  a  fire fighting and code enforcement personnel standards and
  education commission composed  of  the  state  fire  administrator,  the
  secretary of state and five other members, who shall be appointed by the
  governor with the advice and consent of the senate.
    2.  The  governor  shall  designate  from  among  the  members  of the
  commission a chairman who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.
    3. All members of the commission appointed by the  governor  shall  be
  appointed for terms of two years, such terms to commence on April first,
  and expire on March thirty-first, provided, however, that of the members
  first  appointed  two  shall  be  appointed  for terms expiring on March
  thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-seven and two shall be  appointed
  for   terms   expiring   on   March   thirty-first,   nineteen   hundred
  seventy-eight. Any member chosen to fill  a  vacancy  created  otherwise
  than  by expiration of term shall be appointed for the unexpired term of
  the member to be succeeded. Vacancies caused by expiration  of  term  or
  otherwise  shall  be filled in the same manner as original appointments.
  Any member may be reappointed for additional terms. Any member appointed
  to fill an additional position on the  commission  created  in  nineteen
  hundred  eighty-one  shall  be appointed to a term which shall expire on
  March thirty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-two and his successor  shall
  be appointed for a term of two years.
    4.  The  membership  of such commission may include representatives of
  organizations of fire  fighters,  organizations  of  local  governments,
  firemen's   organizations,  code  enforcement  organizations  and  other
  interested groups.
    5. The commission shall  meet  at  least  four  times  in  each  year.
  Special  meetings  may  be called by the chairman and shall be called by
  the chairman at the request of the governor, the secretary of state, the
  state fire administrator, or upon the written request of  three  members
  of  the  commission. The commission shall establish its own requirements
  as to quorum and its own procedures with respect to the conduct  of  its
  meetings  and other affairs; provided, however, that all recommendations
  made by the commission to the governor  shall  require  the  affirmative
  vote of four members of the commission.  The agenda and meeting place of
  all  regular  and special meetings shall be made available to the public
  in advance of such  meeting.    The  state  fire  administrator  or  his
  designee shall act as secretariat for the commission.
    6.  Commission  membership  shall  not  constitute  the  holding of an
  office, and members of the commission shall not be required to take  and
  file  oaths  of  office before serving on the commission. The commission
  shall not have the right to exercise any portion of the sovereign  power
  of the state.
    7.  The  members  of  the commission shall receive no compensation for
  their services but shall be reimbursed for their  actual  and  necessary
  expenses  incurred  in  the  performance  of  their functions within the
  amount available by appropriation.
    8. No member of the commission shall be disqualified from holding  any
  public  office  or  employment,  nor shall he forfeit any such office or
  employment, by reason of his appointment, notwithstanding the provisions
  of any general, special or local law, ordinance or city charter.
    9. For the purposes of sections one hundred fifty-nine-a, one  hundred
  fifty-nine-b, one hundred fifty-nine-c and one hundred fifty-nine-d, the
  term  fire fighter and code enforcement personnel shall mean a member of
  a fire department whose duties include fire service as the  phrase  fire
  service is defined in paragraph d of subdivision eleven of section three
  hundred  two  of  the  retirement  and  social  security  law  or a code
  enforcement officer charged with enforcement of building or fire codes.