N.Y. Public Health Law § 1390: Establishment of state camp safety advisory council

§ 1390. Establishment of state camp safety advisory council. The

commissioner of health shall establish within the state department of

health a state camp safety advisory council to advise and consult on

policy matters relating to youth camp safety. The council shall consist

of nine members to be appointed by the governor with the advice and

consent of the senate. Three members of the council shall be

representatives of youth camps operated in New York for profit, three

members of the council shall be representatives of youth camps operated

in New York under philanthropic non-profit or charitable auspices, one

member of the council shall be a representative of youth camp consumer

interests, one shall be a representative of children's interests who

does not operate a children's camp and one shall be a representative of

summer day camps and traveling summer day camps operated by municipal

corporations and other entities subject to article thirteen-D of this

chapter. The council shall elect from among its members a chairman. On

or before January first, nineteen hundred seventy-four, the governor

shall appoint two youth camp representative members for a term of two

years, two youth camp representative members for a term of four years

and two youth camp representative members for a term of six years.

Biennially thereafter the youth camp representative members shall be

appointed to said council in like manner to succeed those whose terms

expire, to serve for terms of six years each and until their successors

are appointed. The member representative of youth camp consumer

interests shall also serve for a term of six years and until a successor

is appointed. On or before January first, nineteen hundred eighty-one,

the governor shall appoint the representative of children's interests

for a term of four years and the representative of summer day camps and

traveling summer day camps operated by municipal corporations and other

entities subject to article thirteen-D of this chapter for a term of two

years. Thereafter, each succeeding representative of children's

interests and each succeeding representative of said summer day camps

and traveling summer day camps shall serve terms of six years each and

until their successors are appointed. Vacancies shall be filled by the

governor for the unexpired portion of the term. Said council shall meet

at least twice a year, and more often if necessary, on the call of the

chairman or on the call of the commissioner of health. The members of

the council shall receive no compensation but shall be reimbursed for

their reasonable traveling and other expenses incurred in the

performance of their official duties. A majority of the appointed voting

membership of the council shall constitute a quorum.