N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 73-0105: Task force composition

* § 73-0105. Task force composition.

1. The task force shall consist of fourteen members; nine of whom

shall be the director of the canal corporation, commissioner of the

department of environmental conservation, the secretary of state, the

commissioner of transportation, the director of the state emergency

management office, the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic

preservation, the commissioner of agriculture and markets, the chairman

of the power authority of the state of New York and the commissioner of

economic development or designee; and five additional members who shall

be from outside the public offices listed in this section and who shall

have professional experience in the fields of hydrology, civil

engineering, climatology, emergency management and soil and water

conservation. The governor shall appoint three of the five additional

members and the temporary president of the senate and speaker of the

assembly shall each appoint one of each of the five additional members.

2. The task force shall appoint a chairperson from among its members.

3. The members of the task force shall receive no compensation for

their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses

incurred in the performance of their duties.

4. The task force shall consult with the emergency management officer,

or appropriate county officer, from each county adjacent or intersected

by the canal system or the Oswego river basin and each such officer

shall provide to the task force a document listing their concerns and

recommendations related to flooding along the canal system. The task

force shall consider such concerns and recommendations in its

deliberations and in the formulation of its determinations and

recommendations.

5. The task force shall also solicit the views of persons who reside

adjacent to the canal system or major bodies within the Oswego river

basin to assist it in making its determinations and formulating its

recommendations.

6. To help ensure the task force's receipt of a comprehensive and

diverse array of views, a citizen advisory board to the task force shall

be established. The advisory board shall consist of up to thirteen

members appointed for two years, seven members shall be appointed

following the recommendation of the governor; two members shall be

appointed following the recommendation of the temporary president of the

senate; two members shall be appointed following the recommendation of

the speaker of the assembly; one member shall be appointed following the

recommendation of the minority leader of the senate; and one member

shall be appointed following the recommendation of the minority leader

of the assembly. The advisory board shall represent a diverse array of

interests, including property owners residing adjacent to or in close

proximity to the canal system or major water bodies within the Oswego

river basin, recreational and commercial users of the canal system,

environmental groups and hydroelectric power generators that operate

facilities within the canal system. No member of the advisory board may

be concurrently employed by, or provide goods or services to, any agency

or public corporation which is represented on the task force. The

commissioner shall select a member of the advisory board to serve as

chairperson.

7. The members of the advisory board shall receive no compensation for

their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses

incurred in the performance of their duties.

8. The advisory board shall advise the task force on relevant

information and issues related to flooding and flood mitigation in the

canal system or the Oswego river basin; make recommendations to fulfill

the purposes of this article; and provide advice and assistance required

by the task force.

9. The task force shall meet at least six times at the call of the

chairperson.

* NB Repealed 120 days after the New York State canal flood mitigation

task force has submitted its completed report (see ch. 456/2007 §2)