Bill Text: NY S07154 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Establishes a state youth commission to advise the governor on youth issues in the state of New York, including juvenile crime prevention, job opportunities for youth, recreational activities for teenagers, opportunities for effective participation by youth in the governmental process, and changes in city and county regulations that are necessary to improve the social, economic, educational, and recreational advantages of children and youth.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES [S07154 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S07154-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          7154

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 18, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Children and Families

        AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to establishing  a  state
          youth  commission  to advise the governor on youth issues in the state
          of New York

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

     1    Section  1.  The executive law is amended by adding a new article 19-I
     2  to read as follows:
     3                                ARTICLE 19-I
     4                           STATE YOUTH COMMISSION
     5  Section 535. State youth commission
     6    § 535. State youth commission. 1. There is hereby  established  within
     7  the  executive  department  the  state  youth commission. The commission
     8  shall have the authority to advise the governor and the  legislature  on
     9  youth-related issues in New York.  The commission shall consist of indi-
    10  viduals  who  have  an understanding of the needs of young people in the
    11  state, or experience with children and youth programs or youth organiza-
    12  tions, or involvement with school or community activities.  The  members
    13  of  the  commission  shall  represent  the diversity of ethnicity, race,
    14  gender and sexual orientation of the people of New  York  and  shall  be
    15  residents of the state.
    16    2.  The  commission  shall  consist of seventeen members, each of whom
    17  shall be between the ages of twelve and twenty-three years at  the  time
    18  of  appointment.  One member shall be appointed by each of the Mayors of
    19  the city of New York, Buffalo, Rochester, Yonkers, Syracuse, Albany  and
    20  Mount  Vernon;  ten members shall be appointed by the governor from each
    21  of the following regions of the state:
    22    (a) the western region, which shall consist of Niagara, Erie, Chautau-
    23  qua, Cattaraugus, and Allegany counties;

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08033-01-3

        S. 7154                             2

     1    (b) the finger lakes region, which shall consist of Orleans,  Genesee,
     2  Wyoming, Monroe, Livingston, Wayne, Ontario, Yates, and Seneca counties;
     3    (c) the southern tier, which shall consist of Steuben, Schuyler, Tomp-
     4  kins, Chemung, Tioga, Chenango, Broome, and Delaware counties;
     5    (d) the central region, which shall consist of Oswego, Cayuga, Ononda-
     6  ga, Madison, and Cortland counties;
     7    (e)  the  northern region, which shall consist of St. Lawrence, Lewis,
     8  Jefferson, Hamilton, Essex, Clinton, and Franklin counties;
     9    (f) the Mohawk valley region, which shall consist of Oneida, Herkimer,
    10  Fulton, Montgomery, Otsego, and Schoharie counties;
    11    (g) the capital district region, which shall consist of Albany, Colum-
    12  bia, Greene, Warren, Washington, Saratoga, Schenectady,  and  Rensselaer
    13  counties;
    14    (h) the Hudson valley region, which shall consist of Sullivan, Ulster,
    15  Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester counties;
    16    (i) the New York city region, which shall consist of Manhattan, Bronx,
    17  Queens, Brooklyn, and Richmond counties; and
    18    (j)  the Long Island region, which shall consist of Nassau and Suffolk
    19  counties.
    20    3. Members shall serve at the pleasure of  their  appointing  authori-
    21  ties.  The  governor  shall  designate  one  of the members of the youth
    22  commission to serve as chair.
    23    4. Members shall serve a term of two years. Vacancies in membership of
    24  the commission occurring from any cause shall be filled by the  appoint-
    25  ing  authority authorized to make the original appointment of the member
    26  whose office becomes vacant.
    27    5. Members of the  commission  shall  not  be  compensated  for  their
    28  services nor shall they be reimbursed for their expenses.
    29    6.  The  commission  shall meet at least quarterly. The deliberations,
    30  meeting and other proceedings of the commission  shall  be  governed  by
    31  article seven of the public officers law. Any one or more members of the
    32  commission  may  participate in a meeting by means of a conference tele-
    33  phone, conference video or similar communications equipment allowing all
    34  persons participating in the meeting to hear  each  other  at  the  same
    35  time.    Participation by such means shall constitute presence in person
    36  at a meeting.
    37    7. The commission shall have  the  authority  to  create,  amend,  and
    38  repeal its own code of bylaws.
    39    8. The commission shall have the following duties:
    40    (a)  to  identify the concerns and needs of the children and youths of
    41  New York;
    42    (b) to examine existing social, economic, educational, and recreation-
    43  al programs for children and youths of New York;
    44    (c) to  develop  and  propose  plans  that  support  or  improve  such
    45  programs; and
    46    (d) to make recommendations thereon to the governor and legislature.
    47    9.  The  commission shall submit a report to the governor and legisla-
    48  ture of its recommendations on or before October first of each  calendar
    49  year.    Such  report  shall  include  recommendations on juvenile crime
    50  prevention, job opportunities for  youth,  recreational  activities  for
    51  teenagers,  opportunities  for  effective  participation by youth in the
    52  governmental process, and changes in city and  county  regulations  that
    53  are  necessary  to improve the social, economic, educational, and recre-
    54  ational advantages of children and youth.
    55    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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