Bill Text: NY A07723 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to a quorum of the state camp safety advisory council.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-10-03 - SIGNED CHAP.330 [A07723 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07723-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7723

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 17, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GOTTFRIED  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Health

        AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to a  quorum  of  the
          state camp safety advisory council

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 1390 of the public health law, as amended by  chap-
     2  ter 337 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as follows:
     3    §  1390.  Establishment  of  state  camp  safety advisory council. The
     4  commissioner of health shall establish within the  state  department  of
     5  health  a  state  camp  safety advisory council to advise and consult on
     6  policy matters relating to youth camp safety. The council shall  consist
     7  of  nine  members  to  be  appointed by the governor with the advice and
     8  consent of the senate. Three members of the council shall  be  represen-
     9  tatives of youth camps operated in New York for profit, three members of
    10  the council shall be representatives of youth camps operated in New York
    11  under philanthropic non-profit or charitable auspices, one member of the
    12  council  shall be a representative of youth camp consumer interests, one
    13  shall be a representative of children's interests who does not operate a
    14  children's camp and one shall be a representative of  summer  day  camps
    15  and  traveling  summer  day camps operated by municipal corporations and
    16  other entities subject to article thirteen-D of this chapter. The  coun-
    17  cil  shall elect from among its members a chairman. On or before January
    18  first, nineteen hundred seventy-four, the  governor  shall  appoint  two
    19  youth  camp  representative  members  for a term of two years, two youth
    20  camp representative members for a term of four years and two youth  camp
    21  representative  members  for a term of six years.  Biennially thereafter
    22  the youth camp representative members shall be appointed to said council
    23  in like manner to succeed those whose terms expire, to serve  for  terms
    24  of  six  years each and until their successors are appointed. The member
    25  representative of youth camp consumer interests shall also serve  for  a

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11539-01-9
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     1  term of six years and until a successor is appointed. On or before Janu-
     2  ary  first,  nineteen hundred eighty-one, the governor shall appoint the
     3  representative of children's interests for a term of four years and  the
     4  representative  of summer day camps and traveling summer day camps oper-
     5  ated by municipal corporations and other  entities  subject  to  article
     6  thirteen-D  of  this  chapter  for a term of two years. Thereafter, each
     7  succeeding representative of children's interests  and  each  succeeding
     8  representative  of  said summer day camps and traveling summer day camps
     9  shall serve terms of six years  each  and  until  their  successors  are
    10  appointed.  Vacancies  shall be filled by the governor for the unexpired
    11  portion of the term. Said council shall meet at least twice a year,  and
    12  more  often  if necessary, on the call of the chairman or on the call of
    13  the commissioner of health. The members of the council shall receive  no
    14  compensation  but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable traveling and
    15  other expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.   A
    16  majority of the appointed voting membership of the council shall consti-
    17  tute a quorum.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.