NY Env Conserv L § 21-0305 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 21 - Pollution Control Compacts Title 3 - Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Compact 21-0305 - Commissioners; Cooperation by Departments and Officers.

§ 21-0305. Commissioners; cooperation by departments and officers.1.  In pursuance of article four of said compact, there shall be three   members (hereinafter called commissioners)  of  the  Ohio  River  Valley   Water  Sanitation  Commission  (hereinafter  called commission) from the   state of New York. The Governor, by and with the advice and  consent  of   the senate, shall appoint two persons as two of such commissioners, each   of  whom  shall be a resident and citizen of the state of New York.  The   terms of such commissioners shall continue to be  for  six  years.  Each   commissioner  shall  hold  office until his successor shall be appointed   and  qualified.  Vacancies  occurring  in  the  office   of   any   such   commissioner  for  any reason or cause shall be filled by appointment by   the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, for  the   unexpired  term. The third commissioner from the state of New York shall   be the Commissioner of Environmental Conservation of the  state  of  New   York  ex officio, and the term of any such ex officio commissioner shall   terminate at the time he ceases to hold said office of  Commissioner  of   Environmental Conservation, and his successor as a commissioner shall be   his  successor as said Commissioner of Environmental Conservation.  With   the exception of the issuance of  any  order  under  the  provisions  of   article  nine of the compact, said ex officio commissioner may delegate,   from time to time, to any deputy or other subordinate in his  department   or  office the power to be present and participate, including voting, as   his representative or substitute at any meeting of, or  hearing  by,  or   other  proceeding  of  the  commission. The commissioners serving on the   effective date of this  article  shall  continue  in  office  until  the   expiration  of their terms, or until their successors have qualified, or   until otherwise ceasing to be commissioners pursuant to law.2. Any commissioner may be removed from office by  the  Governor  upon   charges and after a hearing, but opportunity to be heard shall be given.3.  There  is  hereby  granted to the commission and the commissioners   thereof all the powers provided for in the  said  compact  and  all  the   powers  necessary  or  incidental to the carrying out of said compact in   every particular. All officers of the  state  of  New  York  are  hereby   authorized and directed to do all things falling within their respective   provinces  and  jurisdiction necessary or incidental to the carrying out   of said compact in every particular; it being hereby declared to be  the   policy  of  the  state  of  New  York  to perform and carry out the said   compact and to accomplish the purposes thereof. All  officers,  bureaus,   departments and persons of and in the state government or administration   of  the  state  of  New  York  are  hereby  authorized  and  directed at   convenient times and upon request of the said commission to furnish  the   said  commission  with  information and data possessed by them or any of   them and to aid said commission by loan  of  personnel  or  other  means   lying within their legal powers respectively.