N.Y. Cannabis Law § 14: State cannabis advisory board

§ 14. State cannabis advisory board. 1. The state cannabis advisory

board or "advisory board" is established within the office of cannabis

management and directed to work in collaboration with the cannabis

control board and the executive director to advise and issue

recommendations on the use of medical cannabis, adult-use cannabis and

cannabinoid hemp and hemp extract in the state of New York, and shall

govern and administer the New York state community grants reinvestment

fund pursuant to section 99-kk of the state finance law.

2. The state cannabis advisory board shall consist of thirteen voting

appointed members, along with a representative from the department of

environmental conservation, the department of agriculture and markets,

the office of children and family services, the department of labor, the

department of health, the division of housing and community renewal, the

office of addiction services and supports, and the department of

education, serving as non-voting ex-officio members. The governor shall

have seven appointments, the temporary president of the senate and the

speaker of the assembly shall each have three appointments to the board.

The members shall be appointed to each serve three year terms and in the

event of a vacancy, the vacancy shall be filled in the manner of the

original appointment for the remainder of the term. The appointed

members and representatives shall receive no compensation for their

services but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses

incurred in the performance of their duties as board members.

3. Advisory board members shall have statewide geographic

representation that is balanced and diverse in its composition.

Appointed members shall have an expertise in public and behavioral

health, substance use disorder treatment, effective rehabilitative

treatment for adults and juveniles, homelessness and housing, economic

development, environmental conservation, job training and placement,

criminal justice, and drug policy. Further, the advisory board shall

include residents from communities most impacted by cannabis

prohibition, people with prior drug convictions, the formerly

incarcerated, and representatives from the farming industry, cannabis

industry, and organizations serving communities impacted by past federal

and state drug policies.

4. The chairperson of the advisory board and the vice chairperson

shall be elected from among the members of the advisory board by the

members of such advisory board. The vice chairperson shall represent the

advisory board in the absence of the chairperson at all official

advisory board functions.

5. The advisory board shall make recommendations to the cannabis

control board, the office and the legislature on cannabis and hemp

cultivation, processing, distribution, transport, social and economic

equity in the cannabis and hemp industries, criminal justice, public

health and safety concerns, law enforcement related to cannabis and

cannabis products, and on the testing and sale of cannabis and cannabis

products.

6. The advisory board shall meet as frequently as its business may

require. The advisory board shall enact and from time to time may amend

bylaws in relation to its meetings and the transaction of its business.

A majority of the total number of voting members which the board would

have were there no vacancies, shall constitute a quorum and shall be

required for the board to conduct business. All meetings of the advisory

board shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of article

seven of the public officers law.