2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 35 - Division of Criminal Justice Services › 841-A - Security Guard Advisory Council.

§ 841-a. Security  guard  advisory council. 1. There is hereby created
within the division  a  security  guard  advisory  council  composed  of
seventeen  members  who  are  knowledgeable  about  the  security  guard
industry.  In  addition,  the  council  shall  include   as   ex-officio
non-voting  members,  the secretary of state and the commissioner of the
division of criminal justice services, or  their  respective  designees.
All  members  shall  be  residents of the state and shall be selected as
follows:
(a) eight shall be appointed by the governor, one of whom shall  be  a
representative of a contractual security company, one of whom shall be a
representative of a proprietary security company, one of whom shall be a
person  actively employed as a security guard for a contractual security
company and one of whom  shall  be  a  person  actively  employed  as  a
security guard for a proprietary security company;
(b)  three shall be appointed by the governor on the recommendation of
the temporary president of the senate;
(c) one shall be appointed by the governor on  the  recommendation  of
the minority leader of the senate;
(d)  three shall be appointed by the governor on the recommendation of
the speaker of the assembly;
(e) one shall be appointed by the governor on  the  recommendation  of
the minority leader of the assembly;
(f)  one  shall  be appointed by the governor who shall be a full-time
faculty member of a college or university who teaches and whose area  of
expertise is in the field of security.
2.  The governor shall designate from among the members of the council
a chairperson and  a  vice-chairperson  who  shall  each  serve  at  the
pleasure of the governor.
3.  All  members  of  the  council  appointed by the governor shall be
appointed for terms of three years, such terms to  commence  on  January
first,  and  expire on December thirty-first; provided, however, that of
the members first appointed, four shall be appointed for one year  terms
and  four  shall  be  appointed for two year terms. Any member chosen to
fill a vacancy created otherwise than by expiration  of  term  shall  be
appointed  for  the  unexpired term of the member whom he is to succeed.
Vacancies caused by expiration of a term or otherwise shall be filled in
the same manner as original appointments. Any member may be  reappointed
for additional terms.
4.  The  council shall meet as frequently as it deems necessary but in
no event less than one time in each  year.    Special  meetings  may  be
called  by  the  chairperson  and  shall  be called by him or her at the
request of the governor or upon the written request of nine  members  of
the council. The council may establish its own requirements as to quorum
and  its  own procedures with respect to the conduct of its meetings and
other affairs; provided, however, that all recommendations made  by  the
council to the governor pursuant to section eight hundred forty-one-b of
this  article  shall  require  the affirmative vote of a majority of the
council.
5. Membership on the council shall not constitute the  holding  of  an
office,  and  members  of  the council shall not be required to take and
file oaths of office before serving on the council.  The  council  shall
not  have  the  right to exercise any portion of the sovereign powers of
the state.
6. The members of the council shall receive no compensation for  their
services  but  shall  be  allowed  their  actual  and necessary expenses
incurred in the performance of their functions hereunder.
7. No member of the council shall be  disqualified  from  holding  any
public office or employment, nor shall he or she forfeit any such office

or   employment,   by  reason  of  his  or  her  appointment  hereunder,
notwithstanding the provisions of any general,  special  or  local  law,
ordinance or city charter.