2022 New York Laws
PML - Racing, Pari-Mutuel Wagering and Breeding Law
Article 1 - Supervision and Regulation
102 - New York State Gaming Commission.

§  102.  New  York state gaming commission. 1. There is hereby created
within the executive department the New York  state  gaming  commission.
The  commission shall consist of seven members appointed by the governor
by and with the advice and consent of the senate. Of the seven  members,
one  shall  be  appointed  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  temporary
president  of  the  senate  and  one  shall  be   appointed   upon   the
recommendation  of  the  speaker  of  the  assembly.  All  members shall
continue in office  until  their  successors  have  been  appointed  and
qualified.
  2.  Members  of  the  commission  shall each possess no less than five
years of responsible administrative experience  in  public  or  business
administration and have any one or more of the following qualifications:
  (a)  significant  service as a certified public accountant experienced
in accounting and auditing,
  (b) a comprehensive knowledge of corporate finance and securities,
  (c)  professional  experience   in   gaming   or   racing   regulatory
administration or gaming or racing industry management,
  (d)  significant  experience  in the fields of criminal investigation,
law enforcement, or law, or
  (e) significant experience in the prevention or treatment  of  problem
gambling.
  3.  A  member  shall  be  designated as chair of the commission by the
governor to serve in such capacity at the pleasure of  the  governor  or
until  his  or  her  term  as commission member expires, whichever first
occurs. The  members  shall  be  appointed  for  terms  of  five  years;
provided,  however, that initial appointments to the commission shall be
for terms as follows:
  (a) one member appointed by the governor shall serve for  a  one  year
term,  one  member  appointed by the governor shall serve for a two year
term, one member appointed by the governor shall serve for a three  year
term,  one  member appointed by the governor shall serve for a four year
term, one member appointed by the governor shall serve for a  five  year
term; and
  (b)   each   of  the  members  appointed  by  the  governor  upon  the
recommendation of the temporary president of the  senate  and  upon  the
recommendation  of  the  speaker  of the assembly shall serve for a four
year term.
  4. The members shall, when performing the work of the  commission,  be
compensated at a rate of three hundred dollars per day, together with an
allowance for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of
their duties.
  5.  The  members  of  the  commission  shall not hold any other public
office or public employment for which they shall  receive  compensation,
other   than   necessary  travel  or  other  expenses  incurred  in  the
performance of the duties of such  office  or  employment.  Members  may
engage  in  private employment or in a profession or business, provided,
however, such  employment  does  not  interfere  or  conflict  with  the
performance or proper discharge of his or her duties.
  6.  Each  member of the commission shall be a resident of the state of
New York. No member of the legislature or person holding any elective or
appointive office in the federal, state or  local  government  shall  be
eligible to serve as a member of the commission.
  7.  The  governor  may  remove any member for inefficiency, neglect of
duty or misconduct in office after giving him  or  her  a  copy  of  the
charges  against them, and an opportunity of being heard in person or by
counsel in their own defense, upon not less than ten  days'  notice.  If
such  member  shall be removed, the governor shall file in the office of
the department of state a complete statement  of  charges  made  against

such  member,  and his or her findings thereon, together with a complete
record of the proceeding.