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Apr 05, 2016 | referred to health |
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
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Co-Sponsors
Jeffrey Dinowitz
Marcos Crespo
Annette Robinson
Kimberly Jean-Pierre
Multi-Sponsors
James F. Brennan
Steven Englebright
Andrew Hevesi
Walter T. Mosley
A9706 (ACTIVE) - Details
A9706 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9706 I N A S S E M B L Y April 5, 2016 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER -- read once and referred to the Committee 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. 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. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.