2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 15-B - New York State Martin Luther King, Jr. Institute for Nonviolence Act › 322 - The New York State Martin Luther King, Jr. Institute for Nonviolence.

§ 322. The  New  York  state  Martin  Luther  King,  Jr. institute for
nonviolence. 1. There is hereby created the New York state Martin Luther
King, Jr. institute for nonviolence.  The institute shall  be  a  public
corporation  and  its  membership  shall  consist of thirteen members as
follows: the chancellor  of  the  state  university  of  New  York,  the
commissioner  of  education of the state of New York, the chairperson of
the New York state Martin Luther King, Jr. commission, and  ten  members
to  be  appointed  by  the  governor.  Of  the  members appointed by the
governor, one shall be a member of the New York state  senate  appointed
by  the governor on the recommendation of the majority leader, one shall
be a member of the New York state senate appointed by  the  governor  on
the  recommendation of the minority leader, one shall be a member of the
New York state assembly appointed by the governor on the  recommendation
of  the  speaker  of the assembly, one shall be a member of the New York
state assembly appointed by the governor on the  recommendation  of  the
minority  leader; and six shall be members appointed by the governor, no
more than three of whom may be members of the same political party.
From among the ten directors appointed  by  him,  the  governor  shall
appoint a chairperson who shall serve for a term of three years.
Members  of  the board of directors shall serve the following terms of
office:
(a) A member of the state legislature appointed  to  the  board  shall
serve  for  a  single term not to exceed five years and shall serve as a
member only while he or she is a member of the legislature.
(b) Of the six directors appointed by the governor who are not members
of the legislature, three directors shall serve for terms of four years,
two directors shall serve for terms of three  years,  and  one  director
shall serve for a one year term. Thereafter, each director, except for a
director  appointed  to  fill  an unexpired term, shall serve for a five
year term. No director may serve on the board for more than ten years.
2. In the event of a vacancy occurring in the office of a director  by
death, resignation or otherwise, the governor shall appoint a successor,
with  the  advice and consent of the New York state senate, to serve for
the balance of the unexpired term.
3. The board of directors shall provide for the holding of regular and
special meetings. A majority of the directors shall constitute a  quorum
for  the  transaction  of  any  business and, unless a greater number is
required by the by-laws of the corporation, the acts of  a  majority  of
the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be
deemed to be the acts of the board.
4.  The board of directors shall adopt by-laws for the corporation and
may appoint such officers and employees as it deems  advisable  and  may
fix their compensation and prescribe their duties.
5. The directors appointed by the governor shall serve without salary,
but  each  director,  including  the  chairperson  shall  be entitled to
reimbursement  for  such  director's  reasonable  actual  and  necessary
expenses  incurred in the performance of his or her official duties, and
except in the case of any  director  who  serves  as  a  member  of  the
legislature  or  serves  in an ex officio capacity, a per diem allowance
when rendering services as such director.
6. No member of the board of directors shall participate in a decision
on  the  awarding  of  any  grant  or  contract  to  an  individual   or
organization with whom such member is affiliated.
7.  Directors other than the chancellor of the state university of New
York and the commissioner of education of the  state  of  New  York  may
engage  in  private  employment,  or  in  a  profession or business. The
corporation, its directors, officers and employees shall be  subject  to

the  provisions of sections seventy-three and seventy-four of the public
officers law.