Section 965. Advisory committees to the council

The council shall establish
  advisory  committees to make recommendations and provide guidance to the
  council for the preparation  and  implementation  of  the  comprehensive
  management  plan.  A  citizens  advisory  committee,  technical advisory
  committee,  management  advisory  committee,  and  a  local   government
  advisory  committee shall be formed. The committees may prepare reports,
  recommend  studies  and  submit  findings  and  recommendations  to  the
  council. The council shall make the initial appointments to the advisory
  committees.  Each  appointed  member  shall  be  a  voting member of the
  advisory committee. The advisory  committees  shall  meet  and  elect  a
  chair.  Once  a chair is elected, the committee can appoint other voting
  members with expertise related to the function of the committee.
    1.  The  citizens   advisory   committee   shall   be   comprised   of
  representatives  of citizens or civic groups, environmental groups, user
  groups, and business organizations.  The purpose of the committee  shall
  be  to integrate citizens' and user groups' concerns in the planning and
  decision-making  process  and  to   encourage   public   education   and
  involvement.  The  committee membership shall include but not be limited
  to a representative of the Fire Island Association, a representative  of
  Bluepoints  Company  Incorporated,  a  representative  of a recreational
  boating association, a member of the Tribal council  of  the  Shinnecock
  Indian Reservation, and a member of the Long Island Farm Bureau.
    2.  The technical advisory committee shall be comprised of individuals
  with technical expertise,  including  but  not  limited  to  scientists,
  engineers  and planners. The purpose of the committee shall be to review
  and oversee studies, interpret and evaluate existing  and  new  data  to
  determine  causes  and  effects  of  environmental problems, and provide
  technical  support  for  the  development  of  management  measures  and
  policies.  The  committee membership shall include but not be limited to
  the director of the Marine Science Center at the Long Island  University
  at  Southampton;  the  executive  director  of  the Long Island Regional
  Planning Board; the director of the New York Sea Grant Institute and the
  director of the Long Island Maritime Museum, all of  the  aforementioned
  whom may appoint a designee.
    3.   The   management   advisory   committee  shall  be  comprised  of
  representatives  of  government  agencies  associated  with   developing
  policy,   regulating   activities  or  enforcing  laws  and  regulations
  affecting the South Shore Estuary Reserve. The purpose of the  committee
  shall  be  to analyze existing laws, regulations and management programs
  and to make recommendations  for  improvements  thereof.  The  committee
  membership  shall  include but not be limited to the secretary of state,
  the  director  of  region  one  of  the  department   of   environmental
  conservation,  the  director  of the Long Island region office of parks,
  recreation and historic preservation, the commissioner of the department
  of  economic  development,  the  commissioner  of  the  Suffolk   county
  department  of health services and the commissioner of the Nassau county
  department of health, all of  the  aforementioned  whom  may  appoint  a
  designee. The council shall request the participation of the director of
  region two of the federal environmental protection agency, the secretary
  of the United States department of the interior, and the director of the
  Fire Island National Seashore, all of whom may appoint a designee.
    4.  The  local  government  advisory  committee  shall be comprised of
  representatives of towns,  cities  and  villages.  The  purpose  of  the
  committee  is  to  provide  input  regarding  land  use  issues, zoning,
  planning and local implementation.