Section 73-0105. Task force composition

1.  The  task  force  shall  consist of fourteen members; nine of whom
  shall be the director of the  canal  corporation,  commissioner  of  the
  department  of  environmental  conservation, the secretary of state, the
  commissioner of transportation, the  director  of  the  state  emergency
  management  office,  the  commissioner of parks, recreation and historic
  preservation, the commissioner of agriculture and markets, the  chairman
  of  the power authority of the state of New York and the commissioner of
  economic development or designee; and five additional members who  shall
  be  from outside the public offices listed in this section and who shall
  have  professional  experience  in  the  fields  of   hydrology,   civil
  engineering,  climatology,  emergency  management  and  soil  and  water
  conservation. The governor shall appoint three of  the  five  additional
  members  and  the  temporary  president of the senate and speaker of the
  assembly shall each appoint one of each of the five additional members.
    2. The task force shall appoint a chairperson from among its members.
    3. The members of the task force shall  receive  no  compensation  for
  their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
  incurred in the performance of their duties.
    4. The task force shall consult with the emergency management officer,
  or  appropriate county officer, from each county adjacent or intersected
  by the canal system or the Oswego river  basin  and  each  such  officer
  shall  provide  to  the task force a document listing their concerns and
  recommendations related to flooding along the  canal  system.  The  task
  force   shall   consider   such  concerns  and  recommendations  in  its
  deliberations  and  in  the  formulation  of  its   determinations   and
  recommendations.
    5.  The  task force shall also solicit the views of persons who reside
  adjacent to the canal system or major bodies  within  the  Oswego  river
  basin  to  assist  it  in  making its determinations and formulating its
  recommendations.
    6. To help ensure the task force's  receipt  of  a  comprehensive  and
  diverse array of views, a citizen advisory board to the task force shall
  be  established.  The  advisory  board  shall  consist of up to thirteen
  members appointed for  two  years,  seven  members  shall  be  appointed
  following  the  recommendation  of  the  governor;  two members shall be
  appointed following the recommendation of the temporary president of the
  senate; two members shall be appointed following the  recommendation  of
  the speaker of the assembly; one member shall be appointed following the
  recommendation  of  the  minority  leader  of the senate; and one member
  shall be appointed following the recommendation of the  minority  leader
  of  the  assembly. The advisory board shall represent a diverse array of
  interests, including property owners residing adjacent to  or  in  close
  proximity  to  the  canal system or major water bodies within the Oswego
  river basin, recreational and commercial  users  of  the  canal  system,
  environmental  groups  and  hydroelectric  power generators that operate
  facilities within the canal system. No member of the advisory board  may
  be concurrently employed by, or provide goods or services to, any agency
  or  public  corporation  which  is  represented  on  the task force. The
  commissioner shall select a member of the advisory  board  to  serve  as
  chairperson.
    7. The members of the advisory board shall receive no compensation for
  their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
  incurred in the performance of their duties.
    8.  The  advisory  board  shall  advise  the  task  force  on relevant
  information and issues related to flooding and flood mitigation  in  the
  canal  system or the Oswego river basin; make recommendations to fulfill

  the purposes of this article; and provide advice and assistance required
  by the task force.
    9.  The  task  force  shall meet at least six times at the call of the
  chairperson.
    * NB Repealed 120 days after the New York State canal flood mitigation
  task force has submitted its completed report (see ch. 456/2007 §2)