ยง 941. Council on professional career opportunity. * 1. There is
hereby created within the executive department a council on professional
career opportunity consisting of eleven members as follows: the
commissioner of education, the commissioner of health, the chancellor of
the state university of New York, the chancellor of the city university
of New York, and the president of the higher education services
corporation or their designees under written designation; and six
additional members to be appointed by the governor, including two
members appointed upon the recommendation of the temporary president of
the senate and two members appointed upon the recommendation of the
speaker of the assembly. The council shall include at least one
representative of an independent institution of higher education. Due
consideration shall be given to the appointment of members recognized
for their expertise in the fields of education and minority group
issues. The governor shall designate one of the appointive members as
chairperson to serve as such at the pleasure of the governor. The
council shall terminate March thirty-first, two thousand three.
* NB State council terminated 3/31/2003
2. The council shall meet once each annual quarter and as frequently
as its business may require. The appointed members of the council shall
be reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary traveling and other
expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. No
additional compensation for services rendered pursuant to this chapter
shall be received by members of the council.