N.Y. Economic Development Law § 168: Inter-agency tourism task force

§ 168. Inter-agency tourism task force. (a) There is hereby

established an inter-agency tourism task force consisting of the

following members:

(1) the commissioner or his or her designated representative from the

department and the departments of transportation, parks, recreation and

historic preservation, environmental conservation, agriculture and

markets, and health;

(2) the chairman or his or her designated representative of the New

York state thruway authority, the New York power authority, and the

tourism advisory council, the New York state council on the arts, the

canal corporation, the canal recreationway commission, the Olympic

regional development authority, and the Hudson River park trust;

(3) the chairpersons or their designated representatives of the senate

standing committee on tourism, recreation and sports development, and

the assembly standing committee on tourism, arts and sports development,

who shall serve as ex-officio, non-voting members; and

(4) upon designation by the governor, the chief executive officer or

his or her designated representative of any department, board, bureau,

commission, office, agency, or other instrumentality of the state

providing services or programs for travelers, travel-related businesses

or other public bodies which operate a travel-related program.

(b) The chairman of the task force shall be the commissioner. The

members of the task force may elect such other officers as they may deem

necessary.

(c) The task force shall meet at least four times each year at the

call of the chairman.

(d) Members of the task force shall receive no compensation for their

services as members, but shall be compensated for their actual and

necessary expenses by warrant of the comptroller and voucher of their

department, agency, authority or council.

(e) The task force shall:

(1) receive the report of each member on programs and services

provided to the traveling public, travel-related businesses and other

public bodies providing services or programs for travelers, and evaluate

such reports to determine opportunities for coordination of efforts,

prevention of duplication of services, and sharing of resources;

(2) evaluate and recommend to the governor and the legislature

initiatives to enhance or facilitate the effectiveness of current or

planned state traveler services or tourism marketing programs;

(3) evaluate and make recommendations to prevent overlapping of

promotion efforts and programs;

(4) submit not more than two weeks after each meeting copies of the

meeting minutes to each member of the inter-agency tourism task force

including ex-officio, non-voting members; and

(5) report on or before January first of each year to the governor,

the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, and

the chairman of the appropriate legislative committees on the activities

of the task force with respect to its functions, powers and duties.