NY Lab L § 12-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws LAB - Labor Article 2 - The Department of Labor 12-D - Advisory Council on Farm Labor Safety.

*  §  12-d.  Advisory council on farm labor safety. 1. There is hereby   established in the department of labor an advisory council on farm labor   safety to make a study and investigation of the  problems  of  providing   adequate  protection  to  farm  workers  against injuries arising out of   their employment. Such study and investigation shall  include:  (a)  the   unique  and special conditions involved in farm safety; (b) the need for   education and training programs  for  the  protection  of  farm  workers   against  accidents;  (c)  the  identification  of  areas  where existing   educational and training programs are insufficient to  provide  adequate   protection  to  farm  workers  against  accidents;  (d)  the  methods of   encouraging farmers and farm groups  to  establish  such  education  and   training programs; and (e) all matters and approaches for the protection   of   farm   workers   against   accidents  referred  by  the  industrial   commissioner.2. The advisory council shall consist of ten members appointed by  the   industrial commissioner. The members shall be representative of farmers,   growers,  farm  workers  and  other  persons  and  groups concerned with   agricultural safety. One of the members shall be designated as  chairman   by  the  industrial commissioner. The chairman of the board of standards   and  appeals,  the  commissioner  of  agriculture   and   markets,   the   commissioner of education, and the dean of the college of agriculture at   Cornell  University,  or  their  designated  representatives,  shall  be   additional members of the council, who shall serve by  virtue  of  their   positions, without voting power.The  industrial commissioner shall designate an officer or employee of   the department of labor to act as secretary of the advisory council, who   shall not be a member of such council and  who  shall  not  receive  any   additional compensation therefor.3.  The  advisory  council may take testimony, subpoena witnesses, and   require the production of books, records and papers, and hold public  or   private hearings.4. The advisory council may request and shall receive such assistance,   service  and  data  from  any  agency of the state or from any political   subdivision thereof  as  will  enable  it  properly  to  carry  out  its   activities hereunder and effectuate the purposes herein set forth.5.  The  advisory  council  shall,  from  time  to  time, but not less   frequently than on December first of each year, submit a report  to  the   industrial  commissioner,  and  shall submit a final report on or before   March thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred  seventy-two.  Such  reports  may   include  such  recommendations  as  the council finds appropriate on the   basis of its studies and investigations.6. The appointed members of the  advisory  council  shall  receive  no   compensation  for  their  services but shall receive in lieu of expenses   incurred in the performance of their duties the sum of sixty dollars for   each day or part thereof spent in attendance at meetings or otherwise in   the work of the council, but no member shall receive in excess of twelve   hundred dollars during any one fiscal year.7. The advisory council may adopt rules and regulations to govern  its   own proceedings. The secretary shall keep a record of all proceedings of   the  council,  which  shall  show the name of each member present at the   meetings and every matter considered by the council and the action taken   thereon. Such records shall be filed in the office of the  secretary  of   the department of labor.* NB Expired March 31, 1972