Senate Bill S5568

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to a quorum of the state camp safety advisory council

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S5568 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7723
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1390, Pub Health L

2019-S5568 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to a quorum of the state camp safety advisory council.

2019-S5568 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5568 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5568
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RIVERA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to a  quorum  of  the
   state camp safety advisory council
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 1390 of the public health law, as amended by  chap-
 ter 337 of the laws of 1980, is amended to read as follows:
   §  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  represen-
 tatives 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  coun-
 cil  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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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