352 - Veterans' affairs commission.

§ 352. Veterans' affairs commission. 1. There shall be in the division  a  veterans'  affairs commission, which shall consist of the members and  the ex officio members provided for in this section.    2. There shall be thirteen members of  the  commission  who  shall  be  veterans   appointed   by  the  governor,  including  two  appointed  on  recommendation of the temporary president of the senate,  one  appointed  on recommendation of the minority leader of the senate, two appointed on  recommendation  of  the  speaker  of  the assembly, and one appointed on  recommendation of the minority leader of the assembly.  The  appointment  of  members made by the governor without recommendation shall be subject  to advice and consent of the senate. The members of the commission shall  serve for terms of three years each,  provided,  however,  that  of  the  members  appointed  during  nineteen  hundred  ninety-three  or nineteen  hundred ninety-four (a) the persons appointed on recommendation  of  the  temporary  president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly shall  be appointed for terms ending December  thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-six;  (b) the persons appointed on recommendation of the minority  leader of the senate and the minority leader of  the  assembly  and  the  first appointed two persons by the governor shall be appointed for terms  ending  December thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-five; and (c) the  other five persons appointed by the  governor  shall  be  appointed  for  terms   ending  December  thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-four.  Appointed members presently serving on the commission shall continue  to  serve  for  the  remainder  of the term appointed.  Any member chosen to  fill a vacancy of such an appointed member occurring otherwise  than  by  expiration of term shall be appointed for the remainder of the unexpired  term  of  the  member whom he or she is to succeed. Members appointed as  provided  in  this  subdivision  shall  receive  no  salary   or   other  compensation,  but  each  shall be entitled to receive expenses actually  and necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties.    3. Ex officio members. (a) The adjutant general of the  state  of  New  York shall be an ex officio member of the commission.    (b)  In addition, the state director may appoint the head of any other  state agency or their designee as a non-voting, ex officio member of the  commission.  Such  appointments  shall  expire  annually   on   December  thirty-first unless such appointments are renewed by the state director.    4.  One  of  the  members  of  the commission, which shall include the  adjutant general, shall be designated as chairperson  by  the  governor.  The  designation  shall  be  in  writing  and  shall  be  filed with the  commission.    5. The commission shall have power, and  it  shall  be  its  duty,  to  assist  the  state  director  in  the  formulation of policies affecting  veterans and in the coordination of all  operations  of  state  agencies  relating to veterans' affairs.