§ 6 — Designation of district directors

§ 6. Designation of district directors. 1. (a) When a county has been\ndeclared a soil and water conservation district a board of directors\nconsisting of five members shall be appointed by the county board. This\nboard of directors shall consist of two members of the county board and\nthree persons not members of the county board of supervisors, two of\nwhom shall be practical farmers. One of these farmers shall be appointed\nfrom a list submitted by the county grange, one of these farmers shall\nbe appointed from a list submitted by the county farm bureau. Should the\nappointed farm bureau representative not be a resident of the county,\nthe farm bureau representative must own or rent land in the county in\nwhich they serve. The fifth member shall be appointed from the county at\nlarge and shall represent the urban, suburban and rural non-farm\nlandownership interest.\n (b) In counties where one or both of the above named farm groups lack\nformal county organization, the county board shall appoint from the\ncounty at large in place of from a list of nominees from such lacking\nfarm organization or organizations.\n (c) At the option of the county legislative body, the board of\ndirectors of the soil and water conservation district may be expanded to\nseven members. Of the two additional board members, they shall be\nresidents of the county and at least one shall be a practical farmer.\n 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in Westchester\ncounty, the county executive shall appoint a board of directors of the\nsoil and water conservation district, which board of directors shall\nconsist of seven members selected at large from residents of the county,\nthe term of office of each of whom shall be three years from date of\nappointment, except that such board may include not more than two\nofficials of constituent local municipalities, each of whom shall serve\nfor one year or until he sooner ceases to hold such local office.\n 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in Nassau\ncounty, the county executive shall appoint a board of directors of the\nsoil and water conservation district, which board of directors shall\nconsist of seven members to be appointed as follows:\n (a) Three members shall be appointed at large from among the residents\nof Nassau county for a term of three years. The original appointments,\nhowever, shall be made for terms of one year, two years and three years;\n (b) One member shall be appointed from among the Nassau county\nofficials for a term of one year;\n (c) One member shall be appointed from among the officers of each of\nthe three towns in the county of Nassau for a term of one year. All such\nappointments shall be subject to confirmation by the board of\nsupervisors.\n 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, in Rockland\ncounty the county executive, subject to the confirmation of the county\nlegislature, shall appoint a board of directors of the soil and water\nconservation district, which board of directors shall consist of five\nmembers, one of whom shall reside in each of the towns comprising such\ncounty.\n The board of directors of the soil and water conservation district in\nthe city of New York shall consist of nine members seven of whom shall\nbe appointed by the mayor and two of whom shall be appointed by the city\ncouncil, all of whom shall be residents of the city. Of the members so\nappointed by the mayor, one shall be appointed upon the recommendation\nof each of the borough presidents and such members shall be a resident\nof the borough of the president making such recommendation. Each of the\nremaining two members may be a resident of any borough. Members shall be\nappointed to serve for a term of three years, commencing on January\nfirst and ending on December thirty-first provided, however, that of the\nmembers first appointed to such board, two shall serve for a term of one\nyear and three shall serve for a term of two years. Vacancies in the\nmembership of the board shall be filled in the manner provided for\noriginal appointment. All appointments shall be subject to confirmation\nof the city council.\n