2013 New York Consolidated Laws
PBH - Public Health
Article 39 - (3900 - 3908) NEW YORK STATE CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE AND HEALTH
3907 - Agricultural health and saftey advisory board

 
    §  3907.  Agricultural  health  and safety advisory board. 1. There is
  hereby created an advisory board to be known as the "agricultural health
  and safety advisory board", to be comprised of twelve members consisting
  of the following named persons or their designees: the  commissioner  of
  health;  the  commissioner  of  agriculture and markets; the dean of the
  school of public health sciences at the state university of New York  at
  Albany;  the  dean  of  the  college of agriculture and life sciences at
  Cornell university; and eight additional members, one of whom  shall  be
  appointed  by  the  governor  and  shall be a representative of a county
  cooperative extension, one of whom shall be appointed  by  the  governor
  and  shall  be  a representative of rural New York, six of whom shall be
  representatives of general farm  organizations,  or  individual  farmers
  with  annual gross sales of ten thousand dollars or more, or individuals
  involved in providing health and safety services in counties with  fewer
  than   two   hundred  thousand  persons,  or  members  of  farm  workers
  organizations,  to  be  appointed  as  follows:  two  by  the  temporary
  president  of the senate, two by the speaker of the assembly, one by the
  minority leader of the senate, and one by the  minority  leader  of  the
  assembly.  Members  of  the board shall elect a chairperson on an annual
  basis.
    2. Members of  the  board  shall  receive  no  salary,  but  shall  be
  reimbursed  by  the  director  for  expenses  actually  and  necessarily
  incurred by them  in  the  performance  of  their  duties  as  described
  hereunder.
    3.  Vacancies  on  the board shall be filled in the same manner as the
  original appointments.
    4. The director shall cause the center  to  provide  staff  assistance
  necessary for the efficient and effective operation of the board.
    5. The board shall render advice regarding:
    a. statewide needs to be addressed by the center;
    b.  the  coordination  of  program  activities  with  state  agencies,
  not-for-profit corporations and other interested parties;
    c. dissemination of research results and educational information; and
    d. identification of funding sources for center program.