Bill Text: NY A06256 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes a task force on food, nutrition and physical education to investigate and establish appropriate and healthy meal plans and physical education standards for New York state schools; appropriates funds therefor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-16 - held for consideration in education [A06256 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A06256-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6256 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 11, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ROBINSON -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Education AN ACT to establish a task force on food, nutrition and physical educa- tion to investigate and establish appropriate and healthy meal plans and physical education standards for New York state schools; making an appropriation therefor and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The commissioner of health is hereby directed to create a 2 task force on food, nutrition and physical education to investigate and 3 establish appropriate and healthy meal plans and physical education 4 standards for New York state schools. 5 S 2. The task force shall consist of 15 members and shall be chaired 6 by the commissioner of health or his designee. Five members shall be 7 appointed by the commissioner of health; two members shall be appointed 8 upon the recommendation of the commissioner of education; three members 9 shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the governor; two members 10 shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the speaker of the assem- 11 bly; and two members shall be appointed upon the recommendation of the 12 temporary president of the senate. The commissioner of health may invite 13 appropriate ad hoc representatives from other state and/or local agen- 14 cies to serve on the task force. Vacancies on the task force shall be 15 filled in the manner provided for original appointments. 16 S 3. The task force shall report its findings, conclusions and recom- 17 mendations to the governor, temporary president of the senate and the 18 speaker of the assembly by September 1, 2013. 19 S 4. The sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000), or so much 20 thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the department of 21 health from any moneys in the state treasury in the general fund to the EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00250-01-1 A. 6256 2 1 credit of the state purposes account not otherwise appropriated, for its 2 expenses in carrying out the provisions of this act. 3 S 5. This act shall take effect immediately and shall remain in full 4 force and effect until September 1, 2013 when upon such date the 5 provisions of this act shall expire and be deemed repealed.