§ 80. Legislative ethics commission; functions, powers and duties;\nreview of financial disclosure statements; advisory opinions; imposition\nof penalties or other enforcement actions. 1. There is established a\nlegislative ethics commission which shall consist of nine members. Four\nmembers shall be members of the legislature and shall be appointed as\nfollows: one by the temporary president of the senate, one by the\nspeaker of the assembly, one by the minority leader of the senate and\none by the minority leader of the assembly. The remaining five members\nshall not be present or former members of the legislature, candidates\nfor member of the legislature, employees of the legislature, political\nparty chairmen as defined in paragraph (k) of subdivision one of section\nseventy-three of the public officers law, or lobbyists, as defined in\nsection one-c of this chapter, or persons who have been employees of the\nlegislature, political party chairmen as defined in paragraph (k) of\nsubdivision one of section seventy-three of the public officers law, or\nlobbyists, as defined in section one-c of this chapter in the previous\nfive years, and shall be appointed as follows: one by the temporary\npresident of the senate, one by the speaker of the assembly, one by the\nminority leader of the senate, one by the minority leader of the\nassembly, and one jointly by the speaker of the assembly and majority\nleader of the senate. The commission shall serve as described in this\nsection and have and exercise the powers and duties set forth in this\nsection only with respect to members of the legislature, legislative\nemployees as defined in section seventy-three of the public officers\nlaw, candidates for member of the legislature and individuals who have\nformerly held such positions or who have formerly been such candidates.\n 2. Members of the legislature who serve on the commission shall each\nhave a two year term concurrent with their legislative terms of office.\nThe members of the commission who are not members of the legislature and\nwho are first appointed by the temporary president of the senate,\nspeaker of the assembly, minority leader of the senate, and minority\nleader of the assembly shall serve one, two, three and four year terms,\nrespectively. The member of the commission first appointed jointly by\nthe temporary president of the senate and speaker of the assembly shall\nserve a four year term. Each member of the commission who is not a\nmember of the legislature shall be appointed thereafter for a term of\nfour years.\n 3. The temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the\nassembly shall each designate one member of the commission as a\nco-chairperson thereof. The commission shall meet at least bi-monthly\nand at such additional times as may be called for by the co-chairpersons\njointly or any five members of the commission.\n 4. Any vacancy occurring on the commission shall be filled within\nthirty days by the appointing authority.\n 5. Five members of the commission shall constitute a quorum, and the\ncommission shall have power to act by majority vote of the total number\nof members of the commission without vacancy.\n 6. The members of the commission who are not members of the\nlegislature shall be reimbursed for reasonable expenses and receive a\nper diem allowance in the sum of three hundred dollars for each day\nspent in the performance of their official duties.\n 7. The commission shall:\n a. Appoint an executive director who shall act in accordance with the\npolicies of the commission, provided that the commission may remove the\nexecutive director for neglect of duty, misconduct in office, or\ninability or failure to discharge the powers or duties of office;\n b. Appoint such other staff as are necessary to assist it to carry out\nits duties under this section;\n c. Adopt, amend, and rescind policies, rules and regulations\nconsistent with this section to govern procedures of the commissio
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