2013 New York Consolidated Laws
EXC - Executive
Article 12-B - (259 - 259-S) STATE BOARD OF PAROLE
259-B - State board of parole; organization.

 
    § 259-b. State board of parole; organization. 1. There shall be in the
  department  a  state  board of parole which shall possess the powers and
  duties hereinafter specified. The board shall function independently  of
  the  department  regarding all of its decision-making functions, as well
  as any other powers and duties  specified  in  this  article,  provided,
  however, that administrative matters of general applicability within the
  department shall be applicable to the board. Such board shall consist of
  not more than nineteen members appointed by the governor with the advice
  and  consent  of  the  senate. The term of office of each member of such
  board shall be for six years; provided, however, that any member  chosen
  to  fill  a vacancy occurring otherwise than by expiration of term shall
  be appointed for the remainder of the unexpired term of the member  whom
  he  is  to  succeed. In the event of the inability to act of any member,
  the governor may appoint some competent informed person to  act  in  his
  stead during the continuance of such disability.
    2.  Each  member of the board shall have been awarded a degree from an
  accredited four-year college or university or  a  graduate  degree  from
  such  college or university or accredited graduate school and shall have
  had at least five years of experience in one or more of  the  fields  of
  criminology,   administration  of  criminal  justice,  law  enforcement,
  sociology, law, social  work,  corrections,  psychology,  psychiatry  or
  medicine.
    3.  The  governor  shall  designate one of the members of the board as
  chairman to serve in such capacity at the pleasure of  the  governor  or
  until  the member's term of office expires and a successor is designated
  in accordance with law, whichever first occurs. The  chairman  shall  be
  responsible for the administrative functions and daily operations of the
  parole board and its staff, except as otherwise provided by law.
    4.  The  members  of the board shall not hold any other public office;
  nor shall they, at any  time  of  their  appointment  nor  during  their
  incumbency,  serve  as  a  representative  of  any political party on an
  executive committee or other governing body thereof, nor as an executive
  officer  or  employee  of  any  political  committee,  organization   or
  association.
    5.  Each  member of the board shall receive for his services an annual
  salary to be fixed  by  the  governor  within  the  amount  appropriated
  therefor.  Each  member  of  such board shall also receive his necessary
  expenses actually incurred in the discharge of his duties.
    6. Any member of the board may be removed by the  governor  for  cause
  after an opportunity to be heard.
    7.  Except as otherwise provided by law, a majority of the board shall
  constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business of the board.