§ 160-c. State board of real estate appraisal. 1. There is hereby
established within the department of state a state board of real estate
appraisal which shall consist of nine members, three of whom shall be
public members and six of whom shall be real estate appraisers, who
shall have and exercise the powers of the board as set forth in section
one hundred sixty-d of this article.

2. Three members shall be appointed by the governor, one of whom shall
be a public member; two members shall be appointed by the temporary
president of the senate, one of whom shall be a real estate appraiser
and one of whom shall be a public member; two members shall be appointed
by the speaker of the assembly, one of whom shall be a real estate
appraiser and one of whom shall be a public member; one member shall be
appointed by the minority leader of the senate; one member shall be
appointed by the minority leader of the assembly. The term of each
member shall be five years.

3. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the members of the first board who
are real estate appraisers, need not be certified or licensed under this
article prior to their appointment to the board. The board shall appoint
an executive secretary who shall be a real estate appraiser.

4. The executive secretary and real estate appraiser members first
appointed to the board shall be certified designated members in good
standing of a nationally recognized real estate appraisal organization
that as of June first, nineteen hundred eighty-nine, required appraisal
experience, education and testing in order to become a designated
member, in addition to adherence to standards of professional practice
in order to retain such designation. Each real estate appraiser member
of the board appointed after January first, nineteen hundred ninety-six,
must be a state certified real estate appraiser. At least one-half of
the appraiser members appointed after January first, nineteen hundred
ninety-six, shall hold the general appraisal certificate. Any vacancy
occurring on the board shall be filled within sixty days of its
occurrence, in the same manner as the member whose vacancy is being
filled was appointed. A person appointed to fill a vacancy occurring
other than by expiration of a term shall be appointed for the unexpired
term of the member he succeeds. No person shall serve as a member of
the board for more than two consecutive terms. The public members of the
board shall not be engaged in the practice of real estate appraising.