§ 70. Commission created; terms and qualifications of members. A law
revision commission is hereby created, to consist of the chairman of the
committees on the judiciary and codes of the senate and assembly,
ex-officio, and five additional members, to be appointed by the
governor. The members first appointed by the governor shall be appointed
for such terms that the term of one member will expire on each
succeeding thirty-first day of December. The term of a member thereafter
appointed, except to fill a vacancy occurring otherwise than by
expiration of term, shall be five years from the expiration of the term
of his predecessor. A vacancy in the office of a member appointed by the
governor occurring otherwise than by expiration of term, shall be filled
by the governor for the remainder only of the term. Upon making the
original appointments, the governor shall designate one of the appointed
members as chairman of the commission. Upon the appointment of a
successor to the chairman of the commission, the governor shall
designate such successor or other member of the commission as chairman.
Four members appointed by the governor shall be attorneys and counselors
at law, admitted to practice in the courts of this state, and at least
two of them shall be members of law faculties of universities or law
schools within the state recognized by the board of regents of the state
of New York.