§ 1230-e. Water board. 1. A water board, to be known as the "Niagara\nFalls public water board", may be created by a special act of the state\nlegislature as a body corporate and politic, constituting a corporate\nmunicipal instrumentality of the state and having the powers and duties\nas provided in this title.\n 2. The governing body of the water board shall consist of a total of\nfive members, to be appointed and to serve as follows: one member shall\nbe appointed by the governor, one member shall be appointed by the\ntemporary president of the senate at the recommendation of the senator\nor senators representing all or a portion of the city, one member shall\nbe appointed by the speaker of the assembly at the recommendation of the\nassembly member or members representing all or a portion of the city,\none member shall be appointed by the mayor, and one member shall be\nappointed by the majority vote of the city council. At least three of\nthe five members shall be residents of the city. When a vacancy occurs\nthat reduces the number of members who are city residents to less than\nthree, the appointment to fill that vacancy must be a city resident.\nEach member shall attend, in each fiscal year, at least seventy-five\npercent of all meetings of the governing body. Failure by any party to\nappoint any member shall not invalidate the creation or establishment of\nthe water board and shall result in the creation of a vacancy on the\ngoverning body of the water board which may be filled at any time by\nsuch party. The member appointed by the governor shall be appointed for\na term ending on December thirty-first of the first year following the\nyear in which this title shall have become a law; the member appointed\nby the temporary president of the senate shall be appointed for a term\nending on December thirty-first of the second year following the year in\nwhich this title shall have become a law; the member appointed by the\nspeaker of the assembly shall be appointed for a term ending on December\nthirty-first of the third year following the year in which this title\nshall have become a law; the member appointed by the mayor shall be\nappointed for a term ending on December thirty-first of the fourth year\nfollowing the year in which this title shall have become a law; and the\nmember appointed by the city council shall be appointed for a term\nending on December thirty-first of the fifth year following the year in\nwhich this title shall have become a law. Subsequent appointments of\nmembers shall be made for a term of three years ending in each case on\nDecember thirty-first of the last year of such term. No member shall be\na member of the governing body of the authority. All members shall\ncontinue to hold office until their successors are appointed and\nqualify. All members shall hold, at a minimum, a bachelor's degree from\nan accredited college or university, with a concentration or degree in\none of the following areas of study and at least five years of\nprofessional experience therein, or without such degree, such member\nshall have at least ten years of professional experience in one of the\nfollowing fields: legal, environmental, financial, management,\nengineering, human resources, or science. Vacancies shall be filled in\nthe manner provided for original appointment. Vacancies, occurring\notherwise than by expiration of term of office, shall be filled by\nappointment for the unexpired terms. Members may be removed from office\nonly for the same reasons and in the same manner as provided by section\ntwenty-eight hundred twenty-seven of this chapter. Any member fulfilling\nthe requirement that at least three members be residents of the city\nshall forfeit his or her membership on the governing body upon such\nmember's termination of residence in the city, which forfeiture shall\ncreate a vacancy. The members of the water board shall receive no\ncompensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for their ac
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