2018 New York Laws
RPT - Real Property Tax
Article 2 - State Board
200 - State Board.

§  200.  State  board.  There  is  hereby created in the department of
  taxation and finance a separate and  independent  state  board  of  real
  property tax services, to consist of five members to be appointed by the
  governor,  by  and  with  the advice and consent of the senate. Of those
  five members appointed by the governor, one  such  person  shall  be  an
  individual  actively  engaged  in  the commercial production for sale of
  agricultural crops, livestock and livestock products of an average gross
  sales value of ten thousand dollars or more. Said  individual  shall  be
  appointed in the first instance to a term of eight years upon expiration
  of  an  existing term. Said initial term shall commence on the first day
  of January next succeeding the year in which  the  existing  term  shall
  expire.  The governor shall designate one of the members as the chairman
  of the board, who shall  serve  as  chairman  at  the  pleasure  of  the
  governor. The members of the board shall be appointed for terms of eight
  years, commencing on the first day of January next following the year in
  which  the term of his predecessor expired, except that the terms of the
  members first  appointed  shall  expire  as  follows:  one  on  December
  thirty-first,  nineteen hundred sixty-one, one on December thirty-first,
  nineteen hundred sixty-three, one  on  December  thirty-first,  nineteen
  hundred  sixty-five,  one  on  December  thirty-first,  nineteen hundred
  sixty-seven,  and  one  on  December  thirty-first,   nineteen   hundred
  eighty-two.  Vacancies  occurring  otherwise  than by expiration of term
  shall be filled for  the  unexpired  term.  All  members  shall  receive
  necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.