N.Y. Soil and Water Conserv. Dist. Law § 4 State Soil and Water Conservation Committee

• Library: New York Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through 2023 NY Law Chapter 774
• Year: 2023
• Citation: N.Y. Soil and Water Conserv. Dist. Law § 4

(1) There is established in the department of agriculture and markets, the state soil and water conservation committee as an agency of this state which committee shall exercise the functions conferred upon it in this chapter. The administrative functions of such department under the agriculture and markets law shall not operate or be applied in derogation of the powers of the committee, or of the free exercise thereof, as conferred by this chapter. The following shall serve as members of the committee: five interested and qualified citizens to be appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be appointed from a list of nominees submitted by the state grange, one of whom shall be appointed from a list of nominees submitted by the state farm bureau federation, one of whom shall be appointed from a list of nominees submitted by the New York Soil Conservation Districts Association, Inc., one of whom shall be appointed at large, who shall represent the farm interest, and a fifth member appointed at large who shall represent the urban, suburban and rural non-farm landowner interest; the director of the state agricultural extension service, or his or her designated representative; the dean of the state college of agriculture and life sciences, or his or her designated representative; the president of the college of environmental science and forestry of the state university of New York, or his or her designated representative; the commissioner of environmental conservation, or his or her designated representative; the commissioner of agriculture and markets, or his or her designated representative; the commissioner of health, or his or her designated representative; the secretary of state, or his or her representative; a representative of the New York State Conservation District Employees' Association; and the state conservationist of the soil conservation service of the United States department of agriculture, or his designated representative. The five lay members shall be the voting members. The balance of the committee will serve in an advisory or consulting capacity. The committee shall keep a record of its official actions, and may perform such acts, and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the execution of its functions under this chapter. After April twenty-third, nineteen hundred sixty-four, the first appointment of the member chosen from a list submitted by the New York soil and water conservation districts association shall be made of a successor to the member representing the s...