2023 New York Laws › MHY - Mental Hygiene › Title D - Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Act › Article 19 - Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse › 19.06 - Advisory Council on Underage Alcohol Consumption and Youth Substance Abuse.

§ 19.06 Advisory  council  on  underage  alcohol  consumption  and youth
substance abuse.
1. Definitions. As used in this section:
(a) "Council" shall mean the  advisory  council  on  underage  alcohol
consumption and youth substance abuse created by this section.
(b)  "Chairperson"  shall mean the chairperson of the advisory council
on underage alcohol consumption and youth substance abuse.
2.  Advisory  council  on  underage  alcohol  consumption  and   youth
substance abuse. There is hereby created an advisory council on underage
alcohol consumption and youth substance abuse. The council shall consist
of  twenty-one  members,  who  are broadly representative of the various
groups in society  which  are  stakeholders  in  the  effort  to  combat
underage  alcohol  consumption  and youth substance abuse. Seven members
shall be appointed by the  governor,  seven  members  by  the  temporary
president  of  the  senate  and  seven  members  by  the  speaker of the
assembly. In making such appointments, due consideration shall be  given
to  the recommendations made by representative civic, educational, legal
and advocacy  groups  and  associations  concerned  with,  or  otherwise
engaged in, the representation of the interests of the youth of New York
state.    The  commissioner, the chairman of the state liquor authority,
the commissioner of mental health, the attorney general,  the  temporary
president  of  the  senate  and  the  speaker  of  the assembly shall be
ex-officio members of the council.
3. Term of office for council members. (a) The term of office for each
member of the council shall be  two  years.  Vacancies  in  the  council
occurring,  other  than by expiration of a term, shall be filled for the
remainder  of  the  unexpired  term  in  the  same  manner  as  original
appointments.
(b) At the beginning of each two year term, the members of the council
shall  choose  one  member  of  the  council to be a chairperson and one
member to be vice-chairperson. The members of the council shall  receive
no  compensation  for  their  services,  but shall be reimbursed for all
expenses actually and necessarily incurred by them in the performance of
their duties under this section within  the  amount  made  available  by
appropriation therefor.
4.  Powers  and  duties  of  the  council.  The council shall have the
following powers and duties:
(a) To receive information with respect to, and to study and  analyze,
incidents   of   underage  consumption  of  alcoholic  beverages,  youth
substance abuse, and to  examine  the  elements  of  such  incidents  to
identify  those  factors  that  are  consistently  associated  with such
behavior;
(b) To identify and analyze the responses  to  underage  drinking  and
youth  substance  abuse  made  by  governmental officials, including law
enforcement officials and prosecutors, and to make recommendations as to
whether such responses appear to be achieving decreases in the incidence
of such behavior, and if not,  whether  it  appears  that  a  change  is
required in policies and procedures;
(c)  To  conduct  public hearings as may be necessary to carry out its
functions under this section;
(d) To make recommendations with respect to the following:
(i) educational programs to teach children  the  dangers  of  underage
drinking and youth substance abuse;
(ii)  training  programs for law enforcement officials and prosecutors
to sensitize them to  the  special  nature  of  youth-related  crime  to
encourage them to develop appropriate responses;
(iii)  the  appropriateness  and  effectiveness  of existing civil and
criminal laws in redressing underage drinking and youth substance  abuse
and any changes that should be made in such laws; and
(iv)  such  other  matters as may be deemed appropriate by the council
after consultation with involved parties;
(e) To promulgate any necessary rules of order or procedures  relating
to  the  administration  and performance of the powers and duties of the
council pursuant to this section; and
(f) To perform all other tasks necessary and convenient to  carry  out
the  functions,  powers  and duties of the council and to effectuate the
purposes of this section.
5. Report. The council shall submit a written report to the  governor,
temporary  president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly by no
later than October first of the year next succeeding the effective  date
of   this   section   and   annually   thereafter,   setting  forth  the
recommendations and activities of the  council  on  matters  within  the
scope of its powers and duties as set forth in this section.