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.
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