§ 503. County jury board. (a) There shall be established for each
county a jury board composed as follows:

1. In counties outside cities having a population of one million or
more, except in the counties of Albany, Westchester, Suffolk and Nassau,
the county jury board shall consist of one justice of the supreme court
residing in the county, or if there is no justice residing therein, a
justice residing in the judicial district embracing the county to be
designated by the appropriate appellate division, who shall act as
chairman; the judge of the county court, or if there be more than one,
then the senior county judge; and a member of the county legislature to
be designated by the county legislature, provided that no such member of
the county legislature shall be designated if he engages in the practice
of law.

2. In the county of Albany, the county jury board shall consist of the
county judge, the surrogate and a member of the county legislature, all
to be designated in the manner provided in subdivision one of this
section. In the county of Westchester, the county jury board shall
consist of the administrative judge of the ninth judicial district if he
be a resident of Westchester County, and if not, the senior resident
justice of the supreme court; the senior county judge; and the county
executive. In the counties of Nassau and Suffolk, the county jury board
shall consist of the justices of the supreme court residing in the
county, the surrogate and the judges of the county court.

3. In counties within cities having a population of one million or
more, the county jury board shall consist of the presiding justice of
the appellate division of the judicial department embracing the county,
or his designee from among the justices of the supreme court; two
justices of the supreme court residing in the county to be designated by
the appellate division of such department; and the county clerk of the
county.

(b) The county jury board shall meet at least annually and at such
additional times as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this
article. The commissioner of jurors shall act as secretary to the
county jury board.