2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 27 - Adirondack Park Agency › 803 - Adirondack Park Agency.

§ 803. Adirondack   park  agency.  There  is  hereby  created  in  the
  executive department, the Adirondack park agency, which shall consist of
  the following members: the commissioner of  environmental  conservation,
  the  secretary  of state, the commissioner of commerce and eight members
  to be appointed by the governor by and with the advice  and  consent  of
  the  senate.  The  governor  shall  designate  a chairman from among the
  members appointed to the agency,  who  shall  serve  at  the  governor's
  pleasure.    None  of  the  members  appointed  by the governor shall be
  officers or employees of any state department or agency.
Five members appointed by the governor shall  be  full-time  residents
  within  the  Adirondack park provided, however, that no two such members
  shall be residents of the same county except for such members  initially
  appointed  before January first, nineteen hundred seventy-three, who may
  be reappointed for additional successive terms. Three members  appointed
  by  the  governor shall be residents of the state outside the Adirondack
  park. Not more  than  five  appointed  members  shall  be  of  the  same
  political party.
All  appointments shall be made for terms of four years; provided that
  the first member appointed by the governor pursuant to the  increase  of
  members  from  seven  to eight shall be appointed for a term expiring on
  the thirtieth day of June, nineteen hundred seventy-six.  Each  of  such
  appointed members of the agency shall hold office for the term for which
  he  was  appointed and until his successor shall have been appointed and
  qualified or until he shall resign or be removed in the manner  provided
  by  law. In the case of any vacancy other than one arising by expiration
  of term, an appointment to fill  the  vacancy  shall  be  made  for  the
  remainder of the unexpired term.
The  designated  chairman  shall  receive  an  annual salary of thirty
  thousand dollars. The other members of  the  agency,  except  those  who
  serve  ex  officio,  shall  receive one hundred dollars per diem, not to
  exceed five thousand dollars per annum compensation for  their  services
  as  members  of  the  agency.  All  members,  except  those who serve ex
  officio, shall be allowed the necessary and actual expenses incurred  in
  the performance of duties under this article.
A  majority of the members of the agency shall constitute a quorum for
  the transaction of any business or the exercise of any power or function
  of the agency and affirmative vote by a majority of the members  of  the
  agency,  except  as  is otherwise specifically provided in this article,
  shall be required to exercise any power or function of the agency. Votes
  of any member shall be cast in person and not by proxy. The  agency  may
  delegate  to one or more of its members, officers, agents and employees,
  such powers and duties as it deems proper.
The commissioner of environmental conservation and the commissioner of
  commerce and the secretary of state may, by official authority filed  in
  their   respective  agencies,  and  with  the  Adirondack  park  agency,
  designate a deputy or other officer to exercise his powers  and  perform
  his duties, including the right to vote, on the agency.