State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > New-york > Wkc > Article-6 > 77§ 77. Administration. The state insurance fund shall be administered by the commissioners of the state insurance fund, of whom there shall be ten. The commissioner of labor shall, in addition, be a commissioner of such fund by virtue of his or her office. The commissioners shall elect annually from the appointive members a chair and a vice-chair who shall act as chair in the absence of the chair. The commissioner of labor may designate a deputy commissioner to act in his or her place and stead as a commissioner of such fund. The commissioners shall be appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate. One commissioner shall be appointed by the governor upon recommendation by the New York State American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations, and one commissioner shall be appointed by the governor upon recommendation of the Business Council of the State of New York. They shall be policyholders insured in the state insurance fund. The commissioners shall be appointed for terms of three years each. They shall serve until their successors are appointed and have qualified. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired terms. Each commissioner shall before entering upon his or her duties, take and subscribe the constitutional oath of office which shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state.
