2006 New York Code - Organization Of The Commission.

 
    §  62.  Organization  of  the  commission. 1. A commission on judicial
  nomination is hereby established. The commission shall consist of twelve
  members of whom four shall be appointed by the  governor,  four  by  the
  chief  judge of the court of appeals, and one each by the speaker of the
  assembly, the temporary president of the senate, the minority leader  of
  the senate, and the minority leader of the assembly. Of the four members
  appointed  by  the  governor,  no more than two shall be enrolled in the
  same political party, two shall be members of the bar of the state,  and
  two  shall  not  be members of the bar of the state. Of the four members
  appointed by the chief judge of the court of appeals, no more  than  two
  shall  be  enrolled in the same political party, two shall be members of
  the bar of the state, and two shall not be members of  the  bar  of  the
  state.  No member of the commission shall hold or have held any judicial
  office  or  hold  any  elected  public  office  for  which  he  receives
  compensation  during his period of service, except that the governor and
  the chief judge may each appoint  no  more  than  one  former  judge  or
  justice of the unified court system to such commission. No member of the
  commission  shall  hold  any office in any political party. No member of
  the judicial nominating commission shall be eligible for appointment  to
  judicial  office in any court of the state during the member's period of
  service or within one year thereafter. The  members  of  the  commission
  shall be residents of the state.
    2. The members first appointed by the governor shall have respectively
  one,  two,  three and four-year terms as he shall designate. The members
  first appointed by the chief judge of the court of  appeals  shall  have
  respectively  one, two, three and four-year terms as he shall designate.
  The member first appointed by the  temporary  president  of  the  senate
  shall  have  a one-year term. The member first appointed by the minority
  leader of the senate shall  have  a  two-year  term.  The  member  first
  appointed  by  the  speaker of the assembly shall have a four-year term.
  The member first appointed by the minority leader of the assembly  shall
  have  a three-year term. Each subsequent appointment shall be for a term
  of four years.
    3. A vacancy shall be deemed to occur immediately upon the appointment
  or election of any member to an office that  would  disqualify  him  for
  appointment to, or membership on, the commission. A vacancy occuring for
  any  reason  other  than  by  expiration  of term shall be filled by the
  appointing officer for the remainder of the unexpired term.
    4. The members shall  designate  one  of  their  number  to  serve  as
  chairman  for a period of two years or until his term of office expires,
  whichever period is shorter.
    5. Each member of the commission shall  be  entitled  to  receive  his
  actual and necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of his duties.
    6. Ten members of the commission shall constitute a quorum.