§ 322 — The New York state Martin Luther King, Jr

§ 322. The New York state Martin Luther King, Jr. institute for\nnonviolence. 1. There is hereby created the New York state Martin Luther\nKing, Jr. institute for nonviolence. The institute shall be a public\ncorporation and its membership shall consist of thirteen members as\nfollows: the chancellor of the state university of New York, the\ncommissioner of education of the state of New York, the chairperson of\nthe New York state Martin Luther King, Jr. commission, and ten members\nto be appointed by the governor. Of the members appointed by the\ngovernor, one shall be a member of the New York state senate appointed\nby the governor on the recommendation of the majority leader, one shall\nbe a member of the New York state senate appointed by the governor on\nthe recommendation of the minority leader, one shall be a member of the\nNew York state assembly appointed by the governor on the recommendation\nof the speaker of the assembly, one shall be a member of the New York\nstate assembly appointed by the governor on the recommendation of the\nminority leader; and six shall be members appointed by the governor, no\nmore than three of whom may be members of the same political party.\n From among the ten directors appointed by him, the governor shall\nappoint a chairperson who shall serve for a term of three years.\n Members of the board of directors shall serve the following terms of\noffice:\n (a) A member of the state legislature appointed to the board shall\nserve for a single term not to exceed five years and shall serve as a\nmember only while he or she is a member of the legislature.\n (b) Of the six directors appointed by the governor who are not members\nof the legislature, three directors shall serve for terms of four years,\ntwo directors shall serve for terms of three years, and one director\nshall serve for a one year term. Thereafter, each director, except for a\ndirector appointed to fill an unexpired term, shall serve for a five\nyear term. No director may serve on the board for more than ten years.\n 2. In the event of a vacancy occurring in the office of a director by\ndeath, resignation or otherwise, the governor shall appoint a successor,\nwith the advice and consent of the New York state senate, to serve for\nthe balance of the unexpired term.\n 3. The board of directors shall provide for the holding of regular and\nspecial meetings. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum\nfor the transaction of any business and, unless a greater number is\nrequired by the by-laws of the corporation, the acts of a majority of\nthe directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be\ndeemed to be the acts of the board.\n 4. The board of directors shall adopt by-laws for the corporation and\nmay appoint such officers and employees as it deems advisable and may\nfix their compensation and prescribe their duties.\n 5. The directors appointed by the governor shall serve without salary,\nbut each director, including the chairperson shall be entitled to\nreimbursement for such director's reasonable actual and necessary\nexpenses incurred in the performance of his or her official duties, and\nexcept in the case of any director who serves as a member of the\nlegislature or serves in an ex officio capacity, a per diem allowance\nwhen rendering services as such director.\n 6. No member of the board of directors shall participate in a decision\non the awarding of any grant or contract to an individual or\norganization with whom such member is affiliated.\n 7. Directors other than the chancellor of the state university of New\nYork and the commissioner of education of the state of New York may\nengage in private employment, or in a profession or business. The\ncorporation, its directors, officers and employees shall be subject to\nthe provisions of sections seventy-three and seventy-four of the public\nofficers law.\n