§ 77. Administration. The state insurance fund shall be administered
by the commissioners of the state insurance fund, of whom there shall be
ten. The commissioner of labor shall, in addition, be a commissioner of
such fund by virtue of his or her office. The commissioners shall elect
annually from the appointive members a chair and a vice-chair who shall
act as chair in the absence of the chair. The commissioner of labor may
designate a deputy commissioner to act in his or her place and stead as
a commissioner of such fund. The commissioners shall be appointed by the
governor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate. One
commissioner shall be appointed by the governor upon recommendation by
the New York State American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial
Organizations, and one commissioner shall be appointed by the governor
upon recommendation of the Business Council of the State of New York.
They shall be policyholders insured in the state insurance fund. The
commissioners shall be appointed for terms of three years each. They
shall serve until their successors are appointed and have qualified.
Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired terms. Each commissioner
shall before entering upon his or her duties, take and subscribe the
constitutional oath of office which shall be filed in the office of the
secretary of state.