2006 New York Code - State Board.

 
    §  200.    State  board.    There  is  hereby created in the executive
  department a state board of real property services, to consist  of  five
  members  to  be  appointed  by  the governor, by and with the advice and
  consent of the senate. Of those five members appointed by the  governor,
  one  such  person  shall  be  an  individual  actively  engaged  in  the
  commercial production for sale  of  agricultural  crops,  livestock  and
  livestock  products  of  an  average  gross  sales value of ten thousand
  dollars or more.  Said  individual  shall  be  appointed  in  the  first
  instance  to  a term of eight years upon expiration of an existing term.
  Said initial term shall commence  on  the  first  day  of  January  next
  succeeding  the  year  in  which  the  existing  term  shall expire. The
  governor shall designate one of the  members  as  the  chairman  of  the
  board, who shall serve as chairman at the pleasure of the governor.  The
  members  of  the  board  shall  be  appointed  for terms of eight years,
  commencing on the first day of January next following the year in  which
  the  term  of  his  predecessor  expired,  except  that the terms of the
  members first appointed shall  expire  as  follows:    one  on  December
  thirty-first,  nineteen hundred sixty-one, one on December thirty-first,
  nineteen hundred sixty-three, one  on  December  thirty-first,  nineteen
  hundred  sixty-five,  one  on  December  thirty-first,  nineteen hundred
  sixty-seven,  and  one  on  December  thirty-first,   nineteen   hundred
  eighty-two.    Vacancies  occurring otherwise than by expiration of term
  shall be filled for the unexpired  term.    All  members  shall  receive
  necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.