N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 47-0105: Establishment of county environmental management councils; members and officers

§ 47-0105. Establishment of county environmental management councils;

members and officers.

1. The county governing body of any county may establish a county

environmental management council. Such council may be constituted within

the organized structure of county government so as to provide for

effective coordination among all agencies of the county for the purposes

of this article. The council shall consist of one member of each city,

town, and village conservation advisory council within the county.

Additional members as the county appointing authority may provide, shall

be appointed to serve at the pleasure of the county appointing

authority, for a term not to exceed two years. The presiding officer or

chairman shall be appointed by the county appointing authority from

among the members of the council. In addition, the county appointing

authority may appoint members of the county governing body and the heads

of those county departments whose work particularly affects or is

particularly affected by environmental considerations, as ex officio

members of the council. For the purposes of this article, the term

county appointing authority shall mean the body or officer of a county

authorized by law to make appointments.

2. The county appointing authority is hereby authorized

notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law to appoint up to four

members to the council who are between the ages of sixteen and

twenty-one.

3. Nothing contained in this article shall be deemed to prohibit the

establishment of a county environmental agency pursuant to other

provisions of law.