The New York State Senate

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                                  8232

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 11, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Health

AN  ACT  to create a temporary state commission to study and make recom-
  mendations concerning the incidence of asthma in the  borough  of  the
  Bronx in New York city

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. A temporary state commission is hereby created to study and
make recommendations relating to the incidence of asthma in the  borough
of  the  Bronx in New York, which has the highest incidence of asthma in
the state. The commission will place particular  emphasis  on  youth  in
communities  with an unemployment rate exceeding one hundred twenty-five
percent of the statewide level.
  S 2. The commission shall consist of eleven members to be appointed as
follows: five shall be appointed by the governor; two shall be appointed
by the temporary president of the senate and one by the minority  leader
of the senate; and two shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly
and  one  by  the  minority  leader  of the assembly. The members of the
commission shall serve at  the  pleasure  of  the  official  making  the
appointment  of such member. Of the five members appointed by the gover-
nor, one shall be from the department of health and one  shall  be  from
the department of environmental conservation. The remaining nine members
of the commission must reside in a city with a population of one million
or  more.  Vacancies in the membership of the commission shall be filled
in the manner provided for  original  appointments.  Membership  on  the
commission shall not constitute a public office. A chairperson and vice-
chairperson  of  the  commission  shall  be elected by a majority of its
members, all members being present.
  S 3. The members of the commission shall receive no  compensation  for
their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
incurred in the performance of their duties pursuant to this act.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09797-02-9

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  S  4. The commission may meet within and without the state, shall hold
at least one public hearing each quarter, and shall have all the  powers
of a legislative committee pursuant to the legislative law.
  S  5.  The commission shall make a report of its findings and make any
recommendations it may deem necessary and appropriate to  the  governor,
the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly no
later than one year after the effective date of this act.
  S 6. This act shall take effect immediately.