2016 New York Laws
ENV - Environmental Conservation
Article 47 - (Environmental Conservation) COUNTY AND REGIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COUNCILS
47-0113 - Regional environmental management councils.

47-0113. Regional environmental management councils.
1.  If in the opinion of the governing bodies of two or more counties,
  the protection and management of the environment of the  area  could  be
  effectively or efficiently provided by a regional council these counties
  may   enter   into  agreement  to  establish  a  regional  environmental
  management  council  for  the   several   counties   agreeing   to   the
  consolidation.
2. The membership of the regional councils shall be made up of members
  of  county  environmental councils or individuals eligible to be members
  of county environmental councils.   Members shall be  appointed  by  the
  several county governing bodies to assure fair representation, but in no
  case  shall  there  be more than twenty official members of the regional
  council other than ex officio members.
3. The regional council shall supercede  and  replace  the  individual
  county  councils  and shall exercise all those powers otherwise accruing
  to the county councils.
4. The county governing bodies of the several counties agreeing to the
  formation of such a council may appropriate such funds as they  see  fit
  for  the  work  of  the  regional  council including the compensation of
  members, the retention of staff and other  assistance,  the  preparation
  and printing of reports, maps, books, charts, and pamphlets and the cost
  of other items related to their work.