2023 New York Laws › CNT - County › Article 6-A - Local Enhanced Wireless 911 Program › 327 - New York State Interoperable and Emergency Communication Board Membership.

§  327. New York state interoperable and emergency communication board
membership. 1. The board shall consist of twenty-five members who  shall
be selected as follows:
(a)   one   shall   be   the  statewide  interoperable  and  emergency
communication coordinator, or his or her  designee,  who  shall  be  the
chairperson of the board;
(b) one shall be the commissioner of criminal justice services, or his
or her designee;
(c) one shall be the superintendent of the state police, or his or her
designee;
(d)  one shall be the adjutant general of the division of military and
naval affairs, or his or her designee;
(e) one shall be the commissioner of the division of homeland security
and emergency services, or his or her designee;
(f) one shall be the commissioner of the department of transportation,
or his or her designee;
(g) one shall be the commissioner of the department of health, or  his
or her designee;
(h)  one shall be the director of the office of information technology
services, or his or her designee;
(i) seven shall be appointed by the governor; provided, however,  that
no more than two such appointments made pursuant to this paragraph shall
be  from the same category of members as provided for in subdivision two
of this section;
(j) five shall be appointed by the governor upon the recommendation of
the temporary president of the senate; provided, however, that  no  more
than  one such appointment made pursuant to this paragraph shall be from
the same category of members as provided for in subdivision two of  this
section; and
(k) five shall be appointed by the governor upon the recommendation of
the  speaker  of  the assembly; provided, however, that no more than one
such appointment made pursuant to this paragraph shall be from the  same
category of members as provided for in subdivision two of this section.
2.  The  members  appointed  upon  the recommendation of the temporary
president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly, and the members
appointed by the governor pursuant to paragraph (c) of  subdivision  one
of  this section, shall have experience with interoperable and emergency
communication issues, and shall be representative of chiefs  of  police,
sheriffs,  fire  chiefs  and  departments,  ambulance service providers,
including  proprietary  or  volunteer  ambulance  services,  county  911
coordinators,    emergency    managers,    local    elected   officials,
non-governmental organizations specializing in disaster  relief,  tribal
nation  representation,  and  statewide first responder associations, or
representatives of consumer interests.
3. Each board member shall be appointed for  a  term  of  four  years.
Vacancies  in the board occurring otherwise than by expiration of a term
shall be filled for the  unexpired  term  in  the  same  manner  as  the
original  appointment. The board shall meet as frequently as it may deem
necessary and at least four times each year on such dates as agreed upon
by the board. The board may approve and from time to time  amend  bylaws
in  relation  to  its  meetings  and  the transaction of its business. A
majority of the members of the board then in office shall  constitute  a
quorum  for the transaction of any business or the exercise of any power
by the board.
4. Members of the  board  shall  receive  no  compensation  for  their
services,  but  shall  be  reimbursed  for actual and necessary expenses
incurred by them in the performance of their duties. Notwithstanding any
inconsistent provisions of law, no officer or employee of the  state  or

any  political  subdivision  of  the  state shall forfeit such office or
employment by reason of acceptance or appointment as  a  member  of  the
board. For purposes of section thirteen of article thirteen of the state
constitution,  membership on the board by a sheriff shall not constitute
public office.
5. Article two of the state administrative  procedure  act  shall  not
apply,  provided,  however,  that  the  board  shall  publicly  post the
standards proposed pursuant to section  three  hundred  twenty-eight  of
this article no later than forty-five days prior to their adoption. Such
standards  shall  be  posted  in  appropriate  publications,  the  state
register  and  on  the  division  of  homeland  security  and  emergency
services'  website.  During  such forty-five day period, the board shall
receive and consider public comment on  the  proposed  standards  before
adopting  final  standards. Upon final adoption, those standards adopted
pursuant to section three hundred twenty-eight of this article shall  be
posted  in  appropriate  publications,  the  state  register  and on the
division of homeland security and emergency services' website.
6. The board shall be subject to articles six and seven of the  public
officers law.