2006 New York Code - Hudson Valley Agricultural Advisory Council

 
    § 285-b. Hudson  valley  agricultural  advisory council. 1. The Hudson
  valley  agricultural  advisory  council  shall  be  appointed   by   the
  commissioner, and composed of representatives from consumer and producer
  organizations,   county   governments,  conservation  organizations  and
  tourism organizations of the Hudson valley region. For the  purposes  of
  this  section,  the  term  "Hudson  valley"  shall  mean the counties of
  Albany,  Greene,  Ulster,  Orange,   Rockland,   Rensselaer,   Columbia,
  Dutchess,  Putnam  and  Westchester. The membership of the council shall
  consist of no more than eleven persons, who shall be  residents  of  the
  Hudson valley, and who shall meet at least three times annually. Council
  members  shall  serve  without pay but shall be reimbursed for allowable
  and necessary travel expenses.
    2. The advisory council, in consultation with the Hudson river  valley
  greenway  communities  council, the upstate New York tourism council and
  the downstate New York  tourism  council,  may  recommend  programs  and
  promotional  activities  designed  to preserve and enhance Hudson valley
  region tourism and agricultural open space, address issues affecting the
  viability of  agriculture  including  real  property  tax  policies  and
  promote greater agricultural marketing and promotional opportunities for
  the region's agricultural producers to the department.
    3.  From  time  to  time,  but  at least every two years, the advisory
  council shall issue a report evaluating such  programs  and  promotional
  activities to be transmitted to the commissioner, the chairperson of the
  Hudson river valley greenway communities council, the chairperson of the
  upstate  New  York tourism council, and the chairperson of the downstate
  New York tourism council and, upon request, any other interested  party.
  The advisory council shall also do all other things necessary and proper
  for  the  completion  of a feasibility study of developing a tour of the
  Hudson valley to be known as "The Hudson Valley Ag Trail"  to  highlight
  the  unique  and  significant  agricultural and natural resources of the
  Hudson valley region.