2013 New York Consolidated Laws
EXC - Executive
Article 17 - (350 - 368) VETERANS' AFFAIRS
352 - Veterans' affairs commission.

 
    § 352. Veterans' affairs commission. 1. There shall be in the division
  a  veterans'  affairs commission, which shall consist of the members and
  the ex officio members provided for in this section.
    2. There shall be thirteen members of  the  commission  who  shall  be
  veterans   appointed   by  the  governor,  including  two  appointed  on
  recommendation of the temporary president of the senate,  one  appointed
  on recommendation of the minority leader of the senate, two appointed on
  recommendation  of  the  speaker  of  the assembly, and one appointed on
  recommendation of the minority leader of the assembly.  The  appointment
  of  members made by the governor without recommendation shall be subject
  to advice and consent of the senate. The members of the commission shall
  serve for terms of three years each,  provided,  however,  that  of  the
  members  appointed  during  nineteen  hundred  ninety-three  or nineteen
  hundred ninety-four (a) the persons appointed on recommendation  of  the
  temporary  president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly shall
  be appointed for terms ending December  thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred
  ninety-six;  (b) the persons appointed on recommendation of the minority
  leader of the senate and the minority leader of  the  assembly  and  the
  first appointed two persons by the governor shall be appointed for terms
  ending  December thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-five; and (c) the
  other five persons appointed by the  governor  shall  be  appointed  for
  terms   ending  December  thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-four.
  Appointed members presently serving on the commission shall continue  to
  serve for the remainder of the term appointed. Any member chosen to fill
  a  vacancy  of  such  an  appointed  member  occurring otherwise than by
  expiration of term shall be appointed for the remainder of the unexpired
  term of the member whom he or she is to succeed.  Members  appointed  as
  provided   in   this  subdivision  shall  receive  no  salary  or  other
  compensation, but each shall be entitled to  receive  expenses  actually
  and necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties.
    3.  Ex  officio  members. (a) The adjutant general of the state of New
  York shall be an ex officio member of the commission.
    (b) In addition, the state director may appoint the head of any  other
  state agency or their designee as a non-voting, ex officio member of the
  commission.   Such   appointments  shall  expire  annually  on  December
  thirty-first unless such appointments are renewed by the state director.
    4. One of the members of  the  commission,  which  shall  include  the
  adjutant  general,  shall  be designated as chairperson by the governor.
  The designation shall  be  in  writing  and  shall  be  filed  with  the
  commission.
    5.  The  commission  shall  have  power,  and it shall be its duty, to
  assist the state director  in  the  formulation  of  policies  affecting
  veterans  and  in  the  coordination of all operations of state agencies
  relating to veterans' affairs.