N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 1, § 201.3 – Establishment and members of advisory board.

(a) The commissioner shall appoint an advisory board consisting of nine members to advise and assist him in the administration of this marketing order. Six members of the board shall be growers; one of the members shall be a processor, one of the members shall be a storage operator who shall be neither grower nor processor; and one member shall be a representative of the department or the public generally and shall be neither grower nor processor, nor cold storage operator nor other handler.
(b) Grower, processor and storage operator members of the advisory board shall be selected and appointed by the commissioner from nominations as provided in section 201.4.
(c) To fill any vacancy caused by the failure of any person selected and appointed as a board member to qualify, or in the event of the death, removal, resignation or disqualification of any member, a successor for his unexpired term shall be selected by the commissioner from previously unselected nominations made in the manner specified in section 201.4. In the event additional nominations are needed, the commissioner shall obtain such nominations in the same manner as provided in section 201.4 for regular nominations.