NY Cannabis § 14 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CAN - Cannabis Article 2 - New York State Cannabis Control Board 14 - State Cannabis Advisory Board.

§  14.  State  cannabis  advisory  board. 1. The state cannabis advisory   board or "advisory board" is established within the office  of  cannabis   management  and  directed  to  work  in  collaboration with the cannabis   control  board  and  the  executive  director  to   advise   and   issue   recommendations  on  the use of medical cannabis, adult-use cannabis and   cannabinoid hemp and hemp extract in the state of New  York,  and  shall   govern  and  administer the New York state community grants reinvestment   fund pursuant to section 99-kk of the state finance law.2. The state cannabis advisory board shall consist of thirteen  voting   appointed  members,  along  with a representative from the department of   environmental conservation, the department of agriculture  and  markets,   the office of children and family services, the department of labor, the   department of health, the division of housing and community renewal, the   office  of  addiction  services  and  supports,  and  the  department of   education, serving as non-voting ex-officio members. The governor  shall   have  seven  appointments, the temporary president of the senate and the   speaker of the assembly shall each have three appointments to the board.   The members shall be appointed to each serve three year terms and in the   event of a vacancy, the vacancy shall be filled in  the  manner  of  the   original  appointment  for  the  remainder  of  the  term. The appointed   members and representatives shall  receive  no  compensation  for  their   services  but  shall  be  allowed  their  actual  and necessary expenses   incurred in the performance of their duties as board members.3.  Advisory   board   members   shall   have   statewide   geographic   representation   that  is  balanced  and  diverse  in  its  composition.   Appointed members shall have  an  expertise  in  public  and  behavioral   health,  substance  use  disorder  treatment,  effective  rehabilitative   treatment for adults and juveniles, homelessness and  housing,  economic   development,  environmental  conservation,  job  training and placement,   criminal justice, and drug policy. Further,  the  advisory  board  shall   include   residents   from   communities   most   impacted  by  cannabis   prohibition,  people  with  prior   drug   convictions,   the   formerly   incarcerated,  and  representatives  from the farming industry, cannabis   industry, and organizations serving communities impacted by past federal   and state drug policies.4. The chairperson of the advisory  board  and  the  vice  chairperson   shall  be  elected  from  among the members of the advisory board by the   members of such advisory board. The vice chairperson shall represent the   advisory board in  the  absence  of  the  chairperson  at  all  official   advisory board functions.5.  The  advisory  board  shall  make  recommendations to the cannabis   control board, the office and  the  legislature  on  cannabis  and  hemp   cultivation,  processing,  distribution,  transport, social and economic   equity in the cannabis and hemp  industries,  criminal  justice,  public   health  and  safety  concerns,  law  enforcement related to cannabis and   cannabis products, and on the testing and sale of cannabis and  cannabis   products.6.  The  advisory  board  shall meet as frequently as its business may   require. The advisory board shall enact and from time to time may  amend   bylaws  in relation to its meetings and the transaction of its business.   A majority of the total number of voting members which the  board  would   have  were  there  no  vacancies, shall constitute a quorum and shall be   required for the board to conduct business. All meetings of the advisory   board shall be conducted in accordance with the  provisions  of  article   seven of the public officers law.