2013 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 13-A - (1390) STATE CAMP SAFETY ADVISORY COUNCIL
1390 - Establishment of state camp safety advisory council.

 
    §  1390.  Establishment  of  state  camp  safety advisory council. The
  commissioner of health shall establish within the  state  department  of
  health  a  state  camp  safety advisory council to advise and consult on
  policy matters relating to youth camp safety. The council shall  consist
  of  nine  members  to  be  appointed by the governor with the advice and
  consent  of  the  senate.  Three  members  of  the  council   shall   be
  representatives  of  youth  camps operated in New York for profit, three
  members of the council shall be representatives of youth camps  operated
  in  New  York under philanthropic non-profit or charitable auspices, one
  member of the council shall be a representative of youth  camp  consumer
  interests,  one  shall  be  a representative of children's interests who
  does not operate a children's camp and one shall be a representative  of
  summer  day  camps  and traveling summer day camps operated by municipal
  corporations and other entities subject to article  thirteen-D  of  this
  chapter.  The  council shall elect from among its members a chairman. On
  or before January first, nineteen  hundred  seventy-four,  the  governor
  shall  appoint  two  youth camp representative members for a term of two
  years, two youth camp representative members for a term  of  four  years
  and  two  youth  camp  representative  members  for a term of six years.
  Biennially thereafter the youth camp  representative  members  shall  be
  appointed  to  said  council in like manner to succeed those whose terms
  expire, to serve for terms of six years each and until their  successors
  are   appointed.  The  member  representative  of  youth  camp  consumer
  interests shall also serve for a term of six years and until a successor
  is appointed. On or before January first, nineteen  hundred  eighty-one,
  the  governor  shall  appoint the representative of children's interests
  for a term of four years and the representative of summer day camps  and
  traveling  summer day camps operated by municipal corporations and other
  entities subject to article thirteen-D of this chapter for a term of two
  years.  Thereafter,  each  succeeding   representative   of   children's
  interests  and  each  succeeding representative of said summer day camps
  and traveling summer day camps shall serve terms of six years  each  and
  until  their  successors are appointed. Vacancies shall be filled by the
  governor for the unexpired portion of the term. Said council shall  meet
  at  least  twice a year, and more often if necessary, on the call of the
  chairman or on the call of the commissioner of health.  The  members  of
  the  council  shall  receive no compensation but shall be reimbursed for
  their  reasonable  traveling  and  other  expenses   incurred   in   the
  performance of their official duties.