Bill Text: NY S05568 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
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 [S05568 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S05568-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5568 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 7, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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. LBD11539-01-9S. 5568 2 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.