2019 New York Laws
EXC - Executive
Article 17 - Veterans' Services
352 - Veterans' Services Commission.

§ 352. Veterans'  services  commission.  1.  There  shall  be  in  the
division a veterans' services 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' services.