] is old law to be omitted. LBD05836-01-5A. 5417 2 1 b. The commissioner of the office of children and family services or 2 their designee; 3 c. The commissioner of labor or their designee; 4 d. The commissioner of health or their designee; 5 e. The director of the division of budget or their designee; 6 f. Three members appointed by the temporary president of the senate; 7 g. Three members appointed by the speaker of the assembly; 8 h. Three members appointed by the minority leader of the senate; 9 i. Three members appointed by the minority leader of the assembly. 10 2. No member of the commission shall be disqualified from holding any 11 public office or employment, nor shall a member forfeit any such office 12 or employment by virtue of such member's appointment pursuant to this 13 article. Members of the commission shall receive no compensation for 14 their service, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses 15 incurred in the performance of their functions pursuant to this article. 16 A member of the commission may be removed by the appointing authority 17 only for good cause, after notice and opportunity to be heard. Vacancies 18 shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments. 19 § 502. Powers and duties of the commission. 1. The commission shall 20 conduct a study to examine the current payment method for public assist- 21 ance benefits and identify any and all income levels that exist where an 22 individual or family would become ineligible for any public assistance 23 benefit. 24 a. The commission may require the production of any documents or 25 information the commission deems reasonably necessary to conduct this 26 study. 27 b. The commission shall, within ninety days of the effective date of 28 this article, issue a report providing details on the results of such 29 study to the governor and the legislature, and the report shall also be 30 made widely available to the public via, among other things, publication 31 on a website maintained by the office of temporary and disability 32 assistance. 33 2. Beginning within ten days after the issuance of the report issued 34 pursuant to subdivision one of this section, the commission shall hold 35 at least one public hearing in each of the following regions: Long 36 Island; New York City; Hudson Valley; Capital District; North Country; 37 Central New York; Finger Lakes; Western New York; and Southern Tier. 38 a. During the public hearings, the commission shall hear the testimony 39 of voluntary witnesses, may compel the testimony of witnesses and may 40 require the production of any documents or information the commission 41 deems reasonably necessary to carry out its responsibilities. 42 b. After review, study, and receipt of public comment, the commission 43 shall issue a report within one hundred eighty days of the effective 44 date of this article that includes a new payment method for public 45 assistance benefits that ensures an individual's or family's public 46 assistance benefits are not eliminated at specified income levels, but 47 rather decreased to ensure an individual's or family's real take-home 48 pay increases as a result of any increase in income due to employment, 49 and the potential need to consolidate any public assistance programs in 50 order to implement such recommendations. 51 c. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, such payment method as 52 determined by the commission shall have the force of law unless acted 53 upon by the legislature. 54 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.