Section 612. Powers and duties of the advisory council

The advisory council
  shall have the following functions, powers, and duties:
    1.  To  assist  in  the  development of certification requirements and
  fees, warranty seal requirements and fees, and  warranty  standards  for
  manufacturers and installers;
    2.  To  assist in the development of training and continuing education
  requirements;
    3. To  assist  in  the  creation  of  a  consumer  awareness  pamphlet
  detailing  the  certification process and resolution of dispute process.
  The pamphlet shall also explain the differences between types of  houses
  (mobile, modular and manufactured);
    4.  To  examine  consumer protection issues, including but not limited
  to, manufactured housing financing and sales practices;
    5. To examine the differences  of  manufactured  and  modular  housing
  regulations   and   make  recommendations  to  the  department  and  the
  legislature on an annual basis; and
    6. To submit annual reports by December thirty-first, two thousand six
  and each year thereafter, to the governor, the  temporary  president  of
  the   senate   and   the  speaker  of  the  assembly  that  details  the
  recommendations of the advisory council regarding  manufactured  housing
  in  New  York  state. The advisory council shall, as part of its report,
  detail the number of complaints  received  by  the  department  and  the
  number of disputes resolved through the department.