2019 New York Laws
CVS - Civil Service
Article 2 - Civil Service Administration
Title A - Organization and Functions of State Civil Service Department
5 - Department of Civil Service; State Civil Service Commission.

§ 5. Department  of  civil service; state civil service commission. 1.
The department. There shall continue to be in  the  state  government  a
department  of  civil  service.  The head of the department shall be the
president of the state civil service commission who shall be responsible
for the discharge of the duties and functions of the department.
  2. The commission. (a) Appointment. The state civil service commission
is continued and shall consist  of  three  commissioners  who  shall  be
appointed  by  the  governor,  by and with the advice and consent of the
senate, not more than two  of  whom  shall  be  adherents  of  the  same
political  party. The governor shall designate one of the members of the
commission to be president of the commission and such member shall serve
in the capacity of president during the pleasure of  the  governor.  The
members  shall not hold any other public office or public employment for
which they shall receive compensation other than  necessary  travel  and
other  expenses  incurred in the performance of the duties of such other
office or employment, or engage in private employment or in a profession
or business which interferes with the performance  of  their  duties  or
requires  their  disqualification  from  the  performance of such duties
because of a conflict of interests  caused  thereby.  The  commissioners
other  than  the  president of the commission shall, when performing the
work of the commission, be compensated at the rate of two hundred  fifty
dollars  per  day,  together  with an allowance for actual and necessary
expenses incurred in  the  discharge  of  their  duties  hereunder.  The
president  of  the commission shall receive an annual salary established
in section one hundred sixty-nine of the executive law. No member  shall
serve  as an officer of any political party or political organization or
engage in partisan political activities.
  (b) Term of office. The term of office of each  member  shall  be  six
years  from  the  first day of February of the year in which the term of
his predecessor expired. A vacancy in the membership of  the  commission
shall  be  filled by appointment by the governor, by and with the advice
and consent of the senate, for the unexpired term.
  (c) Expenses. The president and each of the  other  members  shall  be
paid the necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of his duties.