§ 6306. Administration of community colleges--boards of trustees. 1.\nEach community college, except in the city of New York, shall be\nadministered by a board of trustees of ten members, nine of whom shall\nbe appointed for terms of seven years in annual rotation, and one member\nelected as herein provided, except that initial appointments shall be\nmade for terms of one to nine years respectively. Five members shall be\nappointed by the local legislative body or board, or other appropriate\ngoverning agency, one of whom may be a member of such local legislative\nbody or board, or other appropriate governing agency, four, from among\npersons residing in the sponsoring community, by the governor and one\nmember elected by and from among the students of the college who shall\nserve as a member of the board for a one-year term, provided, however,\nthat the term of the student member first elected shall be nine months\ncommencing October first, nineteen hundred seventy-five. The student\nmember shall be afforded the same parliamentary privileges as are\nconferred upon voting members, including but not limited to the right to\nmake and second motions and to place items on the agenda. Such student\nmember shall be subject to every provision of any general, special or\nlocal law, ordinance, charter, code, rule or regulation applying to the\nmembers of such board with respect to the discharge of their duties\nincluding, but not limited to, those provisions setting forth codes of\nethics, disclosure requirements and prohibiting business and\nprofessional activities. The election of the student member shall be\nconducted in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the\nrespective representative campus student association in accordance with\nguidelines established by the state university trustees. In the event\nthat the student member ceases to be a student at the institution, he\nshall be required to resign. The governor's initial appointments shall\nbe for terms of two, four, six and eight years respectively and those by\nlocal authorities for terms of one, three, five, seven and nine years\nrespectively. Vacancies shall be filled for unexpired terms in the same\nmanner as original selections by the authority responsible for the\noriginal selection. The board shall select its own chairman from among\nits voting membership. Where two or more local sponsors join in the\nestablishment of a community college, the apportionment of the\nappointments among them shall be made by the state university trustees.\nTrustees shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be\nreimbursed for their expenses actually and necessarily incurred by them\nin the performance of their duties under this article. Members initially\nappointed or elected under this subdivision to the board of trustees of\nany community college hereafter established shall take office\nimmediately upon their selection and qualification, but for purposes of\ndetermining the expiration of their respective terms and the\ncommencement of the terms of their successors, the term of office of\neach such initial member shall be deemed to have commenced on the first\nday of July of the year in which such college was established. The terms\nof office of all members of the boards of trustees of community colleges\nheretofore established, appointed or elected as provided in this\nsubdivision, shall terminate on the thirtieth day of June of the\ncalendar year within which such terms expire under the provisions of\nthis subdivision as hereby amended. For the purpose of determining such\nyear all initial terms of office of appointed members of the boards of\ntrustees of community colleges heretofore established shall be deemed to\nhave commenced on the first day of July of the year in which such\ncolleges were established and the terms of their successors for full\nterms, if any, shall be deemed to have commenced upon the expiration of\nthe number of years from such date f
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