§ 75-0103. New York state climate action council.\n 1. There is hereby established the New York state climate action\ncouncil ("council") which shall consist of the following twenty-two\nmembers:\n a. the commissioners of transportation, health, economic development,\nagriculture and markets, housing and community renewal, environmental\nconservation, labor, the chairperson of the public service commission,\nthe presidents of the New York state energy research and development\nauthority; New York power authority; Long Island power authority; the\nsecretary of state, or their designees.\n b. two non-agency expert members appointed by the governor;\n c. three members to be appointed by the temporary president of the\nsenate;\n d. three members to be appointed by the speaker of the assembly;\n e. one member to be appointed by the minority leader of the senate;\nand\n f. one member to be appointed by the minority leader of the assembly.\n 2. The at large members shall include at all times individuals with\nexpertise in issues relating to climate change mitigation and/or\nadaptation, such as environmental justice, labor, public health and\nregulated industries.\n 3. Council members shall receive no compensation for their services\nbut shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in\nthe performance of their duties.\n 4. The co-chairpersons of the council shall be the commissioner of\nenvironmental conservation and the president of the New York state\nenergy research and development authority or their designee.\n 5. Each member of the council shall be entitled to one vote. The\ncouncil's approval and adoption of the final scoping plan pursuant to\nthis section, and any subsequent interim updates thereto, shall require\na supermajority of the council. No action may be taken by the council\nunless there is a quorum, which shall at all times be a majority of the\nmembers of the council.\n 6. Any vacancies on the council shall be filled in the manner provided\nfor the initial appointment.\n 7. The council shall convene advisory panels requiring special\nexpertise and, at a minimum, shall establish advisory panels on\ntransportation, energy intensive and trade-exposed industries, land-use\nand local government, energy efficiency and housing, power generation,\nand agriculture and forestry. The purpose of the advisory panels shall\nbe to provide recommendations to the council on specific topics, in its\npreparation of the scoping plan, and interim updates to the scoping\nplan, and in fulfilling the council's ongoing duties.\n a. Each advisory panel shall be chaired by the relevant agency head or\nhis or her designee. The council may convene and dissolve additional\nadvisory panels, in its sole discretion, and pursuant to the\nrequirements herein.\n b. Advisory panels shall be comprised of no more than five voting\nmembers. The council shall elect advisory panel members, and such\nmembership shall at all times represent individuals with direct\ninvolvement or expertise in matters to be addressed by the advisory\npanels pursuant to this section.\n c. Advisory panels shall work directly with the council on the\npreparation of the scoping plan pursuant to this section. Each advisory\npanel shall coordinate with the environmental justice advisory group and\nclimate justice working group.\n d. All agencies of the state or subdivisions thereof may, at the\nrequest of any such advisory panel or the council, provide the advisory\npanel with such facilities, assistance, and data as will enable advisory\npanels to carry out their powers and duties.\n 8. The council shall convene a just transition working group. The\nworking group shall be chaired by the commissioner of labor and the\npresident of the New York state energy research and development\nauthority and shall consist of no less than thirteen, but no more than\nseventeen members and shall include the commissioners of housing and\ncommunity renewal, the chai‹ Prev All New York sections Next ›
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