§ 1128 — Administrative board for the offices of the public administrators 1

§ 1128. Administrative board for the offices of the public\n administrators\n 1. An administrative board for the offices of the public\nadministrators of the state of New York is hereby created. The board\nshall consist of thirteen members of whom five shall be surrogate court\njudges, one each selected by the presiding justice of the appellate\ndivisions of the first, third and fourth departments and two selected by\nthe presiding justice of the appellate division of the second department\nof whom one shall be a surrogate from a county within the city of New\nYork and one shall be a surrogate from a county outside the city of New\nYork, three members shall be selected by the chief administrative judge\nof the state of New York, two members shall be selected by the president\nof the New York state bar association of whom one shall be a resident of\nthe city of New York and one member each shall be selected by the state\ncomptroller, the attorney general and the president of the New York\nstate surrogates' association. The three members selected by the chief\nadministrative judge of the state of New York, and the members selected\nby the state comptroller, the attorney general, and the president of the\nNew York state bar association, shall not be surrogate court judges or\nemployees of the surrogates court. Each member shall serve without\ncompensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses actually and\nnecessarily incurred in the performance of his or her official duties\nfor the board from the moneys appropriated to the office of court\nadministration. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of this or\nany other law, general, special or local, no officer or employee of the\nstate or any public corporation, as defined in article two-A of the\ngeneral construction law, shall be deemed to have forfeited or shall\nforfeit his or her office or employment or any benefits provided under\nthe retirement and social security law or under any public retirement\nsystem maintained by the state or any of its subdivisions by reason of\nhis or her being a member of the board.\n 2. The board shall establish guidelines and uniform fee schedules for\nthe operation of the offices of public administrators. These guidelines\nshall include but are not limited to rules for the initial inspection of\nthe decedent's premises and guidelines for the selection and\ncompensation of investigators, appraisers, accountants, warehouses,\nauctioneers and procedures for the disposal of personal property. With\nrespect to real property the board shall be responsible for preparing\nuniform procedures for sale; fixing a schedule of approved expenses\nattendant to such a sale; appraisals, title fees and broker's\ncommissions. This section shall apply to article twelve of this act.\n