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  • Hoyt  Memorial  children and family trust fund
      advisory board. 1. There is hereby  established  in  the  department,  a
      William  B. Hoyt Memorial children and family trust fund advisory board.
      The board shall meet regularly for the purpose of  advising  and  making
      recommendations  to  the  department  in  developing  program  standards
      relating  to   the   establishment   of   family   violence,   including
      intergenerational  family  violence,  prevention  and  service programs,
      developing requests for proposals and evaluating  the  effectiveness  of
      funded  programs. The members of the board shall receive no compensation
      for their services,  but  shall  be  reimbursed  for  their  actual  and
      necessary expenses incurred during the performance of their duties.
        2.  The board shall consist of thirteen members to be appointed by the
      governor, two of whom shall be appointed upon the recommendation of  the
      speaker  of  the  assembly,  one  of  whom  shall  be appointed upon the
      recommendation of the minority leader of the assembly, two of whom shall
      be appointed upon the recommendation of the temporary president  of  the
      senate,  and  one  of whom shall be appointed upon the recommendation of
      the minority leader of  the  senate.  Members  of  the  board  shall  be
      appointed  for  a  term of three years. The governor shall designate one
      member to serve as chairman of the board. To the maximum extent possible
      members shall be chosen to represent  equally  those  knowledgeable  in,
      concerned  with  or  committed  to the field of domestic violence and/or
      child abuse. Members of the board may be chosen  from  groups  including
      but  not limited to: local social services districts; local youth boards
      or youth  bureaus;  child  abuse  and  neglect  task  forces;  statewide
      coalitions   against  domestic  violence;  alcoholism  services;  public
      agencies,  not-for-profit  corporations  and  educational   institutions
      concerned with or providing professional training in family violence and
      child  welfare  services; family violence self-help and advocacy groups;
      the legal, social work, mental health, medical, clergy, judicial and law
      enforcement professions; groups dealing  with  services  to  the  abused
      elderly;  other  professionals that provide family violence services and
      other concerned  individuals  or  organizations,  including  parents  or
      guardians  of  children  who  were  or are in receipt of services funded
      pursuant to this article.