5-0101 - Continuation of state environmental board; membership. - New York Statutes

§ 5-0101. Continuation of state environmental board; membership. 1. There is hereby continued within the department the State Environmental Board, which shall consist of sixteen members, including the Commissioner of Environmental Conservation as chair; the Commissioner of Health as vice chair; the Commissioners of Agriculture and Markets, Economic Development, Transportation, Labor, and Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, the Secretary of State, the Chair of the Public Service Commission, the President of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, and members to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. None of the members appointed by the Governor shall be officers or employees of any state department or agency and each shall be, by professional training or experience and attainment, qualified to analyze and interpret matters of environmental concern. Of such members, one shall be representative of conservationists of the state and shall be familiar with matters pertaining to the utilization of the natural resources of the state, one shall be representative of industry and as such shall be employed by a manufacturer or public utility, one shall be representative of agriculture and shall be familiar with matters pertaining to agriculture and three shall be from the fields of public health, natural sciences, urban studies or other disciplines relating to the environment, ecology or natural resource management. 2. An ex officio member of the state environmental board may delegate all powers and duties provided under this article, including voting rights, to another employee of the member's department, commission or authority. Such delegation shall be made in writing in a form acceptable to the chair.