§ 15-1105. Regional planning and development board; meetings; quorum;\n powers and duties.\n 1. If the department shall determine that the proposal should be\nundertaken, the department, after the expiration of the time in which a\nreview of its decision may be had or, in the event such a review has\nbeen instituted, after a final judgment or order affirming the\ndepartment's decision has been entered therein, shall appoint a regional\nplanning board, hereinafter referred to as "the board."\n 2. The board shall consist of seven members residing in the region of\nthe proposal and of whom:\n a. At least one member shall be representative of the municipal\ncorporations within the region of the proposal; and service as a member\nof the board shall not be deemed as service rendered to any municipal\ncorporation;\n b. At least one member shall be representative of the agricultural and\nfarming interests within the region of the proposal and shall be\nactively interested in the improvement and development of agricultural\nand farming process and techniques;\n c. At least one member shall be representative of industry within the\nregion of the proposal and actively engaged or employed in an industrial\nor commercial pursuit;\n d. At least one member shall be representative of groups within the\nregion of the proposal interested in the needs of fisheries and\nwaterfowl and in forms of outdoor recreation made possible by the\nstate's waters; and\n e. At least one member shall be actively engaged in or connected with\nthe acquisition, operation or management of public water supplies within\nthe region; and service as a member of the board shall not be deemed as\nservice rendered to any municipal corporation.\n 3. Appointments to the board shall be made by the department from\nlists of nominations submitted to it, at the department's request, by\nthe county legislative body or bodies of the county or counties within\nthe region of the proposal. Each list of nominations shall contain\nfourteen names including two for each of the five representative classes\nspecified by subdivision 2 of this section. Where more than one county\nis included, the county legislative body or bodies shall make all\nreasonable effort to agree upon a single list of nominations. The\ndepartment when making its requests for nominations shall specify a\ndate, fixed so as to permit action on the requests by the county\nlegislative bodies; on or before which such nominations must be\nsubmitted, unless the department shall extend such time. The persons so\nappointed by the department shall within ten days following the date of\ntheir appointments and before entering upon the performance of their\nduties, take and subscribe an oath of office in the manner and form\nprescribed by law, and shall file the same in the office of the\nSecretary of State of the state of New York. Each appointee shall notify\nthe department in writing of the date of filing his oath of office. A\nvacancy shall be filled from the appropriate representative class and in\nlike manner as an original appointment.\n 4. The board shall hold its first meeting not later than thirty days\nafter the oaths of office of all members have been so filed for the\npurpose of organization and the appointment of its officers. The board\nshall select from among its members a chairman, vice chairman and\nsecretary.\n 5. The board shall be known and transact its affairs as the\n"........... Regional Water Resources Planning Board" (insert in the\nname of such board a word or words, chosen by the board at its first\nmeeting, descriptive of the region of the proposal).\n 6. The members of the board shall serve without compensation but shall\nbe reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the\nperformance of their duties. Vouchers for such expenses shall be\nprepared on forms provided by the department and shall be approved by\nthe chairman of the board. Such vouchers shall be su
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