§ 841-A — Security guard advisory council

§ 841-a. Security guard advisory council. 1. There is hereby created\nwithin the division a security guard advisory council composed of\nseventeen members who are knowledgeable about the security guard\nindustry. In addition, the council shall include as ex-officio\nnon-voting members, the secretary of state and the commissioner of the\ndivision of criminal justice services, or their respective designees.\nAll members shall be residents of the state and shall be selected as\nfollows:\n (a) eight shall be appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be a\nrepresentative of a contractual security company, one of whom shall be a\nrepresentative of a proprietary security company, one of whom shall be a\nperson actively employed as a security guard for a contractual security\ncompany and one of whom shall be a person actively employed as a\nsecurity guard for a proprietary security company;\n (b) three shall be appointed by the governor on the recommendation of\nthe temporary president of the senate;\n (c) one shall be appointed by the governor on the recommendation of\nthe minority leader of the senate;\n (d) three shall be appointed by the governor on the recommendation of\nthe speaker of the assembly;\n (e) one shall be appointed by the governor on the recommendation of\nthe minority leader of the assembly;\n (f) one shall be appointed by the governor who shall be a full-time\nfaculty member of a college or university who teaches and whose area of\nexpertise is in the field of security.\n 2. The governor shall designate from among the members of the council\na chairperson and a vice-chairperson who shall each serve at the\npleasure of the governor.\n 3. All members of the council appointed by the governor shall be\nappointed for terms of three years, such terms to commence on January\nfirst, and expire on December thirty-first; provided, however, that of\nthe members first appointed, four shall be appointed for one year terms\nand four shall be appointed for two year terms. Any member chosen to\nfill a vacancy created otherwise than by expiration of term shall be\nappointed for the unexpired term of the member whom he is to succeed.\nVacancies caused by expiration of a term or otherwise shall be filled in\nthe same manner as original appointments. Any member may be reappointed\nfor additional terms.\n 4. The council shall meet as frequently as it deems necessary but in\nno event less than one time in each year. Special meetings may be\ncalled by the chairperson and shall be called by him or her at the\nrequest of the governor or upon the written request of nine members of\nthe council. The council may establish its own requirements as to quorum\nand its own procedures with respect to the conduct of its meetings and\nother affairs; provided, however, that all recommendations made by the\ncouncil to the governor pursuant to section eight hundred forty-one-b of\nthis article shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the\ncouncil.\n 5. Membership on the council shall not constitute the holding of an\noffice, and members of the council shall not be required to take and\nfile oaths of office before serving on the council. The council shall\nnot have the right to exercise any portion of the sovereign powers of\nthe state.\n 6. The members of the council shall receive no compensation for their\nservices but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses\nincurred in the performance of their functions hereunder.\n 7. No member of the council shall be disqualified from holding any\npublic office or employment, nor shall he or she forfeit any such office\nor employment, by reason of his or her appointment hereunder,\nnotwithstanding the provisions of any general, special or local law,\nordinance or city charter.\n