2010 New York Code
EXC - Executive
Article 49-B - (995 - 995-F) COMMISSION ON FORENSIC SCIENCE AND ESTABLISHMENT OF DNA IDENTIFICATION INDEX
995-A - Commission on forensic science.

§ 995-a. Commission on forensic science. 1. There is hereby created in
  the  executive  department,  the  commission  on forensic science, which
  shall consist of the following fourteen members:   (a) the  commissioner
  of  the  division of criminal justice services who shall be chair of the
  commission and the commissioner of the department of health  or  his  or
  her designee, who shall serve as an ex-officio member of the commission;
    (b) twelve members appointed by the governor.
    2. Of the members appointed by the governor,
    (a)  one  member  shall  be  the  chair  of  the  New York state crime
  laboratory advisory committee;
    (b) one member shall be the director of a forensic laboratory  located
  in New York state;
    (c)  one  member  shall  be  the  director  of  the office of forensic
  services within the division of criminal justice services;
    (d) two members shall be a scientist having experience in the areas of
  laboratory standards or quality assurance regulation and monitoring  and
  shall  be  appointed  upon  the  recommendation  of  the commissioner of
  health;
    (e) one member shall be a representative of a law  enforcement  agency
  and  shall  be  appointed upon the recommendation of the commissioner of
  criminal justice services;
    (f) one member shall be a representative of prosecution  services  who
  shall  be  appointed  upon  the  recommendation  of  the commissioner of
  criminal justice services;
    (g) one member shall  be  a  representative  of  the  public  criminal
  defense  bar  who  shall  be  appointed  upon  the  recommendation of an
  organization representing public defense services;
    (h) one member shall be  a  representative  of  the  private  criminal
  defense  bar  who  shall  be  appointed  upon  the  recommendation of an
  organization of such bar;
    (i) two members shall  be  members-at-large,  one  of  whom  shall  be
  appointed  upon  the  recommendation  of  the temporary president of the
  senate, and one of whom shall be appointed upon  the  recommendation  of
  the speaker of the assembly; and
    (j) one member, who shall be an attorney or judge with a background in
  privacy  issues  and  biomedical  ethics,  shall  be  appointed upon the
  recommendation of the chief judge of the court of appeals.
    3. Of the members appointed by the  governor,  each  member  shall  be
  appointed  to  serve  a  three  year  term.  Any member appointed by the
  governor may be reappointed for additional three year terms.
    4. Any member chosen to fill  a  vacancy  created  otherwise  than  by
  expiration  of term shall be appointed by the governor for the unexpired
  term of the member he or she is to succeed. Any such  vacancy  shall  be
  filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
    5.  The  commission  shall  meet at least four times each year and may
  establish its own rules and procedures concerning  the  conduct  of  its
  meetings and other affairs not inconsistent with law.
    6.   No  member  of  the  commission  on  forensic  science  shall  be
  disqualified from holding any public office or employment, nor shall  he
  or  she  forfeit  any such office or employment, by reason of his or her
  appointment hereunder, and  members  of  the  commission  shall  not  be
  required  to  take  and  file  oaths  of  office  before  serving on the
  commission.
    7. Members of the commission shall receive no compensation  for  their
  services  but  shall  be  allowed  their  actual  and necessary expenses
  incurred in the performance of their functions hereunder.