2006 New York Code - Powers And Duties Of The President Of The State Civil Service Commission.

 
    § 7. Powers  and  duties  of  the president of the state civil service
  commission. The president of the commission  shall  have  the  following
  powers and duties:
    1.  He  shall  be  the head of the department of civil service and the
  appointing officer thereof, and shall be responsible for  the  discharge
  of the duties and functions of the department and for the enforcement of
  the rules and regulations.
    2.  He  may select suitable persons in the service of the state or any
  of its civil divisions, after consulting the head of the  department  or
  office  in  which  such  persons  serve,  to  act as examiners under his
  direction. Persons so selected shall be entitled to  reimbursement  from
  the  department  for  their  actual  and  necessary expenses incurred in
  connection with such service.
    3. He shall adopt a departmental seal and require that it be used  for
  the  authentication  of  orders  and  other documents and for such other
  purposes as he may prescribe.
    4. Subject to the provisions of this chapter and the rules established
  thereunder,  he  shall  make  regulations  for  and  have   control   of
  examinations  for  the  service  of  the  state, and the civil divisions
  thereof,  except  civil  divisions  for  which  a  municipal  commission
  performs  such  function,  and  shall supervise and preserve the records
  thereof.
    5. He shall provide pre-retirement counseling services to employees of
  the state and of the civil divisions thereof  who  are  members  of  the
  state retirement system, and in cooperation with such retirement system,
  municipal  civil  service commissions, the adult education bureau of the
  education department and local school boards, establish such courses  on
  personal  counseling as may be necessary to prepare public employees for
  retirement.