What's happening
This bill changes the quorum requirement for the State Camp Safety Advisory Council to a majority of its appointed voting members.
Why it matters
Redefining the quorum as a majority of appointed voting members could make it easier for the State Camp Safety Advisory Council to conduct official business, especially if there are vacancies or unfilled seats. This change may help prevent delays in decision-making that occur when waiting for all positions to be filled.
The amendment could increase the council’s efficiency and responsiveness in addressing youth camp safety issues. With quorum now based on actual appointed members, meetings and actions are less likely to be stalled due to absent or unappointed members.
This change may shift the balance of influence within the council, as decisions could be made with fewer people present. Depending on the makeup of the appointed members, this could impact which stakeholder perspectives are most represented in council decisions.
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Update Camp Safety Quorum Rules
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History
- Substituted by S5568
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.191
- Rules report cal.191
- Reported
- Reported referred to rules
- Referred to health
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Clarify Camp Safety Quorum Rules
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Gustavo Rivera
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STATE OF NEW YORK
7723
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 17, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. GOTTFRIED -- read once and referred 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 Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 1390 of the public health law, as amended by chapter 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 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
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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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.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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