§ 2. There is also hereby created and established the Albany port
district commission, hereinafter called "the commission", which shall be
a body corporate and have the powers, duties and jurisdiction
hereinafter enumerated, and such other additional powers and duties as
may from time to time be conferred upon it by the legislature of the
state. The commission shall consist of five members, four of whom shall
be residents of the city of Albany, and one of whom shall be a resident
of the city of Rensselaer. Four of the members of said commission shall
be appointed by the governor upon the nomination of the mayor of the
city of Albany; one member shall be likewise appointed upon the
nomination of the mayor of the city of Rensselaer. In the event that the
governor shall disapprove any nomination so made the governor shall
return said nomination to the mayor making the same and such mayor shall
thereupon nominate another person in his or her place and stead for
membership on such commission. In the event a mayor shall within twenty
days after the receipt of such disapproved nomination fail to nominate
another person in his or her place and stead, the governor shall appoint
as a member of such commission a resident of the city in which the
person originally nominated resides at the time of such original
nomination. The terms of office of the members of the commission shall
be three years from the date of their appointment. A vacancy in the
commission arising by reason of death, resignation, or otherwise, shall
be filled for the balance of the unexpired term in the same manner as
the original appointment was made. The members of the commission shall,
before entering upon the duties of their office, take the constitutional
oath of office, and file the same in the office of the secretary of
state. The commission shall organize by the selection from its members
of a chairman, and the appointment of a secretary and treasurer. It
shall adopt such rules as it may deem necessary and proper for the
government of its own proceedings and the regulation and use of port
facilities in the district, and shall keep a record of its proceedings.
A majority of the members of such commission shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business and the concurrence of a majority of
such commission shall be necessary to the validity of any order of the
commission, except as otherwise provided by the local finance law. Any
member of the commission may be removed by the governor for
inefficiency, neglect of duty or misconduct in office, after a hearing
upon charges and an opportunity to be heard in his or her own defense in
person or by counsel upon not less than ten days' notice. The chairman
and members of the commission shall not receive a salary or other
compensation, but the chairman and each member shall be reimbursed for
his or her actual and necessary disbursements incurred in the discharge
of his or her duties.