§ 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.