2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 49 - Protection of Natural and Man-Made Beauty › Title 5 - State Geological Trail › 49-0505 - State Geological Planning and Advisory Council.

§ 49-0505. State geological planning and advisory council.
1.  For the purposes of this title, "advisory council" means the state
geological planning and advisory council established  pursuant  to  this
section.
2.  There  shall  be  established  within  the  department  the  state
geological planning and advisory council. The advisory council shall  be
composed of ten members as follows:
a.  the  commissioner,  or  his  or  her designee who is an officer or
employee of the department;
b. the commissioner of economic development, or his  or  her  designee
who is an officer or employee of the department of economic development;
c. the commissioner of parks, recreation and historic preservation, or
his  or  her  designee  who  is  an officer or employee of the office of
parks, recreation and historic preservation;
d. the commissioner of transportation, or his or her designee  who  is
an officer or employee of the department of transportation;
e. two members appointed by the governor, of whom:
(1)  one  shall  have  been  or  is  engaged  in trail planning and/or
management, and
(2) one shall teach geology or be a geology professional;
f. two members appointed by the temporary  president  of  the  senate,
having  expertise  in  the  field  of  ecology,  conservation  or  trail
planning; and
g. two members appointed  by  the  speaker  of  the  assembly,  having
expertise in the field of ecology, conservation or trail planning.
3.   The  members  of  the  advisory  council  appointed  pursuant  to
paragraphs e, f and g of subdivision two of  this  section  shall  serve
terms of four years. Vacancies in the membership of the advisory council
shall be filled in the manner provided for original appointments.
4. The commissioner, or his or her designee, shall be the chair of the
advisory  council.  The  advisory council shall meet not less than three
times each calendar year, and more frequently at the call of the chair.
5. The advisory council may establish:
a. criteria for signage on the state geological trail, including means
of providing information about geological features associated with  each
particular  portion  of  such  trail.  Provided,  however, that all such
signage shall comply with the New York state manual  and  specifications
for  a  uniform  system  of  traffic  control devices as such manual and
specifications may be amended from time to time, certified by a licensed
professional engineer who specializes in  traffic  operations.  For  the
purposes   of  this  section,  the  term  "New  York  state  manual  and
specifications for a uniform system of traffic  control  devices"  shall
mean  the national manual of uniform traffic control devices promulgated
by the federal highway administration pursuant to subpart  (f)  of  part
655  of  title  23  of  the code of federal regulations and the New York
state supplement adopted by the commissioner of transportation  pursuant
to section sixteen hundred eighty of the vehicle and traffic law; and
b.  state  geological  trail publications, guidelines for interpretive
programs and themes relating to portions of the state geological  trail,
and an internet website providing directional information on educational
institutions   that   have  programs  relating  to  the  geological  and
conservation aspects of the portions of the state geological trail.