N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 57-0111: Long Island Pine Barrens maritime reserve council

§ 57-0111. Long Island Pine Barrens maritime reserve council.

1. There is hereby established, within the department, a Long Island

Pine Barrens maritime reserve council to help local governments and the

state coordinate the efforts of all municipal, county, state and federal

agencies involved in the management of the preserve and to oversee and

prepare a comprehensive intergovernmental management plan for the Long

Island Pine Barrens maritime reserve that the state and local

governments may adopt.

2. The council shall be composed of seventeen voting members. The

governor shall appoint three members. The county executive of the county

of Suffolk, with the advice and consent of the county legislature, shall

appoint four members. The town supervisors of the towns of Riverhead,

Southold, Shelter Island, Southampton, East Hampton and Brookhaven shall

each appoint one member. The commissioner or his or her designee, the

commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation or his or

her designee, the secretary of state or his or her designee for purposes

of matters related to coastal resources and the commissioner of economic

development or his or her designee for purposes of tourism shall serve

as ex-officio members. All members, except ex-officio members shall be

residents of the county of Suffolk and shall have demonstrated expertise

in the functional areas to be addressed by the commission. All initial

appointments shall be made within sixty days of the effective date of

this title.

3. Members of the council shall serve for a term of two years or

thereafter until a successor is appointed. A chairperson shall be

designated by the governor. The council shall elect a vice-chairperson

and such other officers as it may determine are necessary for the

conduct of its duties.

4. Ten members of the council shall constitute a quorum.

5. The members of the council shall serve without compensation.