§ 1677. Dormitory Authority. A board, to be known as the "Dormitory
Authority," is hereby created. Such board shall be a body corporate and
politic constituting a public benefit corporation. Such board shall
consist of the commissioner of education, the commissioner of health,
the comptroller or one member appointed by him or her who shall serve
until his or her successor is appointed, the director of the budget, one
member appointed by the temporary president of the senate, one member
appointed by the speaker of the assembly, and five members to be
appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the
senate, for a term of three years. The governor shall also fill any
vacancy which may occur by reason of the death, disqualification,
resignation or removal of any member theretofore appointed. The
commissioner of education, the commissioner of health and the director
of the budget each may appoint a person or persons to represent such
commissioner or director, respectively, at all meetings of such board
from which such commissioner or director, as the case may be, may be
absent. Any such representative so designated shall have the power to
attend and to vote at any meeting of such board from which the officer
so designating him as a representative is absent with the same force and
effect as if the officer designating him were present and voting. The
powers of the board shall be vested in and exercised by a majority of
the whole number of the members thereof. The members of the board shall
serve without compensation but shall be entitled to reimbursement of
their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their
official duties. The governor shall appoint a chair from among the
members appointed by him or her who shall serve as such until his or her
successor is appointed. At the first meeting of the board and at the
first meeting thereof in each fiscal year thereafter the members of the
board shall choose from their number a vice-chair and a secretary. The
authority may also use the facilities, employees, records and equipment
of the state department of education with the consent of the regents.