§ 46-0105. Albany Pine Bush preserve commission.\n 1. The Albany Pine Bush preserve commission is hereby established in\nthe department to be a body corporate and public and to consist of\neleven voting members who shall be as follows: the commissioner, the\ncommissioner of the state office of parks, recreation and historic\npreservation, the mayor of the city of Albany, the town supervisors of\nthe towns of Colonie and Guilderland, the chief executive officer of the\ncounty of Albany, the state director of the New York field office of the\nnature conservancy and four members to be appointed by the governor with\nthe advice and consent of the Senate. The four appointed private citizen\nmembers of the commission shall be by training, education, experience or\nattainment qualified to analyze or interpret or support matters relevant\nto the protection, maintenance and/or management of the Albany Pine\nBush. Each of the seven ex-officio members may designate a\nrepresentative to attend, in his or her place, meetings of the\ncommission and to act in his or her behalf. The Governor shall\ndesignate the chairman. The term of office of the four private citizen\nmembers shall be four years. In the event of a vacancy occurring other\nthan by the expiration of a member's term, such vacancy shall be filled\nfor the balance of the unexpired term in the same manner as the original\nappointment. A majority of the members of the commission shall\nconstitute a quorum.\n 2. The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for\ntheir services, but shall be reimbursed for their expenses actually and\nnecessarily incurred in the performance of their duties hereunder.\nMembers and staff of the commission shall be considered state employees\nfor the purposes of sections seventeen and nineteen of the public\nofficers law.\n
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