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.
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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.
