§ 3628. Erie County Medical Center Corporation. 1. (a) There is hereby\ncreated a state board to be known as the Erie County Medical Center\nCorporation, which shall be a body corporate and politic constituting a\npublic benefit corporation.\n (b) The corporation shall be governed by fifteen voting directors, of\nwhom eight directors shall be appointed by the governor and seven\ndirectors shall be appointed by the county executive of the county of\nErie. The governor shall make appointments to the corporation as\nfollows: three directors from a recommendation submitted by the county\nexecutive of the county of Erie; three directors from a recommendation\nsubmitted by the legislature of the county of Erie; one director, who\nshall be a resident of the county of Erie, from a recommendation\nsubmitted by the temporary president of the senate; and one director,\nwho shall be a resident of the county of Erie, from a recommendation\nsubmitted by the speaker of the assembly. The county executive of the\ncounty of Erie shall make seven appointments to the board with the\nadvice and consent of the legislature of the county of Erie.\n The terms of the initial directors appointed by the governor shall be\nfive years for such directors appointed upon recommendation of the\ntemporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly. The\nterms of the initial directors appointed by the governor upon the\nrecommendation of the county executive of the county of Erie shall be\nfive years for one, four years for one, and three years for one. The\nterms of the initial directors appointed by the governor upon the\nrecommendation of the legislature of the county of Erie shall be four\nyears for two and three years for one. The terms of the initial\ndirectors appointed by the county executive of the county of Erie shall\nbe one year for two of such directors, two years for three of such\ndirectors, and three years for two of such directors.\n (c) Each director shall possess a high degree of experience and\nknowledge in relevant fields and a high degree of interest in the\ncorporation. The appointment of any director to the corporation shall be\nbased in part on the objective of ensuring that the corporation includes\ndiverse and beneficial perspectives and experience, including, but not\nlimited to, those of business management, law, finance, medical or other\nhealth professionals or both, health sector workers, the patient or\nconsumer perspective, and residence in the western New York community.\n 2. There shall be four non-voting representatives, who shall include\nthe chief executive officer of the corporation appointed by the voting\ndirectors of the board, one selected by the Erie county executive, one\nselected by the majority leader of the Erie county legislature, and one\nmember selected by the minority leader of the Erie county legislature.\nSuch representatives shall have all of the rights and powers of the\ndirectors other than the right and power to vote, including, but not\nlimited to, the right to equal access to information.\n 3. All directors and non-voting representatives shall continue to hold\noffice until their successors are appointed and qualify. All subsequent\nappointments made upon the expiration of an initial term shall be for a\nterm of five years, and all appointees shall be eligible for\nreappointment. Vacancies occurring otherwise than by expiration of term\nof office shall be filled for the unexpired terms in the manner provided\nfor original appointment. Members of the board may be removed from\noffice by the board for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or misconduct in\noffice after the board has given such member a copy of the charges\nagainst him or her and an opportunity to be heard in person or by\ncounsel in his or her defense, upon not less than ten days notice.\n 4. (a) The directors shall, by majority vote, select one of the\nfifteen directors as the chairperson of the board. The chairperson shall\
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