Establishes a crime victims advisory council, consisting of 25 members appointed by the board, to assist the crime victims board in the development of policies, plans and programs for improving the board's performance of its duties and for coordinating the provision of services to crime victims; provides for a minimum of 4 annual meeting and provides that all meetings of the council shall be held in places of public accommodation and open to the public; related provisions.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3944
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 7, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. OPPENHEIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Crime Victims, Crime
and Correction
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the creation of a
crime victims advisory council
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 section 623-a
2 to read as follows:
3 § 623-a. Crime victims advisory council. 1. The crime victims advi-
4 sory council shall consist of twenty-five members appointed by the crime
5 victims board and shall include four crime victims, two representatives
6 from groups who are engaged in the advocacy and representation of crime
7 victims, one representative from a statewide law enforcement organiza-
8 tion, one licensed health care provider who has extensive professional
9 experience dealing with crime victims and one mental health provider who
10 has extensive experience dealing with crime victims.
11 2. The crime victims advisory council shall advise and assist the
12 board in developing policies, plans and programs for improving the
13 board's performance of its duties and for coordinating the provision of
14 services to crime victims.
15 3. The advisory council shall select annually, from among its member-
16 ship, a president and vice-president who shall be authorized to speak
17 for and on behalf of the advisory council.
18 4. The council shall meet at least four times annually at a time and
19 place designated by the president of the council. All meetings of the
20 advisory council shall be held in places of public accommodation and
21 shall be open to the public.
22 5. The advisory council shall vote upon all questions put before it. A
23 question shall be properly put before the advisory council upon the
24 motion of any member, duly endorsed by any other member. A majority vote
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 of all council members shall decide any question. To the greatest extent
2 possible, any minority or dissenting opinion concerning any question put
3 before the council shall be duly recognized by the president, recorded
4 in the minutes of a respective meeting, and attached to any statement
5 made by or on behalf of the advisory council.
6 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
