* § 401. Stewart airport commission. 1. Upon assumption by the
department of transportation of jurisdiction over the airport facility
and surrounding area located in the county of Orange, known as Stewart
airport, there shall thereupon be created a Stewart airport commission.
This commission will be an advisory council to the commissioner with
respect to administration and management of the Stewart airport
facilities and its surrounding areas with respect to projects to be
undertaken and operations and management of the facilities at such
airport. The commission shall be composed of ten members of which six
must be residents of Orange county, two must be residents of Dutchess
county and two residents from Ulster county. By virtue of their offices,
the commissioner of transportation or the commissioner's designee, the
Orange county executive, the Dutchess county executive and the
chairperson of the Ulster county legislature shall be ex officio members
of the commission. The members of the commission shall be appointed by
the governor with the advice and consent of the senate and, except for
the initial appointment terms, shall serve for a term of four years.
However, two of the appointments must be from a list submitted by the
temporary president and majority leader of the senate, and two must be
from a list submitted by the speaker of the assembly. Initial
appointments shall be to staggered terms with three of the nominees of
the governor being made to initial one-year terms and the other three
nominees to initial four-year terms, the members nominated by the
speaker of the assembly to initial two-year and three-year terms,
respectively, and the members nominated by the temporary president and
majority leader of the senate to initial two-year and three-year terms,
respectively. If any member shall thereafter no longer meet the
residency requirement of his or her appointment, such position shall be
declared vacant. In the event of a vacancy, the vacancy shall be filled
in the same manner as the initial appointments except that the term
shall be for the unexpired portion of the term of such members. All such
members shall be deemed officers of the state in connection with the
provisions of section seventeen of the public officers law. The members
of the commission shall appoint a chairman from among their number.
Members shall not receive a salary or other compensation, but shall be
reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the
performance of their official duties.

2. The Stewart airport commission shall assist in the development of a
program relative to the administration and management of the Stewart
airport and to advise the commissioner of transportation with regard to
such other programs relative to the Stewart airport as he may undertake.
Such program shall include, but not be limited to identification of
future capital needs, examining the means and methods of financing such
future capital needs, the promotion and examination of the financing
means and methods for the economic development of the area around the
airport, the joining together of such economic development and the
airport operations, the identification and implementation of ways of
working with the local community to accomplish the program and the
identification of non-aviation uses and purposes and prorations of use
or purposes for determinations of in lieu of tax payments. Once the
commission has been established, the commissioner and/or the department
shall effectuate the authorizations, powers and/or duties set forth in
section four hundred of this article only following the consultation,
guidance, advice and assistance of the commission. The Stewart airport
commission shall meet at least six times a year at the call of the
commissioner of transportation or the chairman of the commission and
shall keep a record of all its proceedings and recommendations. Staff
services for the commission shall be performed by personnel of the
department of transportation. In carrying out the functions and
responsibilities of the commissioner and the commission, the
commissioner shall designate an executive secretary from among the staff
of the department of transportation who will act as the administrative
agent of the commission and assist the commission in fulfilling its
duties and functions.

* NB There are 2 § 401's