N.Y. Public Health Law § 3907: Agricultural health and safety advisory board

§ 3907. Agricultural health and safety advisory board. 1. There is

hereby created an advisory board to be known as the "agricultural health

and safety advisory board", to be comprised of twelve members consisting

of the following named persons or their designees: the commissioner of

health; the commissioner of agriculture and markets; the dean of the

school of public health sciences at the state university of New York at

Albany; the dean of the college of agriculture and life sciences at

Cornell university; and eight additional members, one of whom shall be

appointed by the governor and shall be a representative of a county

cooperative extension, one of whom shall be appointed by the governor

and shall be a representative of rural New York, six of whom shall be

representatives of general farm organizations, or individual farmers

with annual gross sales of ten thousand dollars or more, or individuals

involved in providing health and safety services in counties with fewer

than two hundred thousand persons, or members of farm workers

organizations, to be appointed as follows: two by the temporary

president of the senate, two by the speaker of the assembly, one by the

minority leader of the senate, and one by the minority leader of the

assembly. Members of the board shall elect a chairperson on an annual

basis.

2. Members of the board shall receive no salary, but shall be

reimbursed by the director for expenses actually and necessarily

incurred by them in the performance of their duties as described

hereunder.

3. Vacancies on the board shall be filled in the same manner as the

original appointments.

4. The director shall cause the center to provide staff assistance

necessary for the efficient and effective operation of the board.

5. The board shall render advice regarding:

a. statewide needs to be addressed by the center;

b. the coordination of program activities with state agencies,

not-for-profit corporations and other interested parties;

c. dissemination of research results and educational information; and

d. identification of funding sources for center program.