§ 3402. Nassau health care corporation. 1. (a) There is hereby\ncreated a state board to be known as the Nassau health care corporation\nwhich shall be a body corporate and politic constituting a public\nbenefit corporation. All health facilities established, administered,\noperated, and/or overseen by the corporation shall be subject to the\nprovisions of article twenty-eight of the public health law.\n (a-1) Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, on June\nfirst, two thousand twenty-five, the term of each director currently in\noffice, including any vacant directorship, shall be deemed expired, and\nthe respective appointing authorities shall make new appointments in\naccordance with this section. Each director may continue to serve in\nholdover status until their successor is appointed.\n (b) The corporation shall be governed by eleven voting directors, six\nof whom shall be appointed by the governor as provided in paragraph (c)\nof this subdivision, two of whom shall be appointed by the county\nexecutive for initial terms of two years, two of whom shall be appointed\nby the majority leader of the county legislature for initial terms of\nthree years, and one of whom shall be appointed by the minority leader\nof the county legislature for an initial term of three years.\n (c) Of the six directors appointed by the governor, one shall be\nappointed upon the recommendation of the speaker of the assembly and one\nshall be appointed upon the recommendation of the temporary president of\nthe senate. The directors appointed by the county executive, the\nmajority leader of the county legislature, and the minority leader of\nthe county legislature shall be residents of Nassau county. Of the\ndirectors appointed by the governor, four of the directors, including\nthe directors appointed upon the recommendation of the speaker of the\nassembly and the temporary president of the senate, shall be residents\nof Nassau county.\n (d) Of the directors first appointed on or after June first, two\nthousand twenty-five, by the governor, the director appointed upon the\nrecommendation of the temporary president of the senate and the director\nappointed upon the recommendation of the speaker of the assembly shall\nserve for an initial term of two years. The remaining directors first\nappointed on or after June first, two thousand twenty-five by the\ngovernor shall serve for an initial term of four years. Following their\ninitial terms, directors shall serve for a term of five years.\n 2. (a) The governor shall designate one of the eleven voting directors\nas the chairperson of the board. The chairperson shall preside over all\nmeetings of the board and shall have such other duties as the voting\ndirectors may direct.\n (b) The voting directors of the corporation shall receive no\ncompensation for their services, but may be reimbursed for their actual\nreasonable expenses.\n (c) A majority of the voting directors then in office shall constitute\na quorum. No action shall be taken by the board of directors except\npursuant to the favorable vote of a majority of the board at a meeting\nat which a quorum is present.\n 3. There shall be three non-voting directors which shall include the\nchief executive officer of the corporation as appointed by the board of\ndirectors, one director selected by the county executive, and one\nselected by the county legislature.\n 4. The board of directors shall select the chief executive officer\nand, subject to approval of the Nassau county interim finance authority,\nshall determine the salary and benefits of the chief executive officer\nof the corporation. The chief executive officer shall serve at the\npleasure of the board of directors provided, however, that removal\nwithout cause shall not prejudice the contract rights, if any, of the\nchief executive officer.\n 5. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any general, special\nor local law, ordinance, resolution or charter, no officer, m
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