2023 New York Laws › COM - Economic Development Law › Article 5-A - New York State Tourist Promotion Act › 168 - Inter-Agency Tourism Task Force.

§   168.   Inter-agency  tourism  task  force.  (a)  There  is  hereby
established  an  inter-agency  tourism  task  force  consisting  of  the
following members:
(1)  the commissioner or his or her designated representative from the
department and the departments of transportation, parks, recreation  and
historic   preservation,  environmental  conservation,  agriculture  and
markets, and health;
(2) the chairman or his or her designated representative  of  the  New
York  state  thruway  authority,  the  New York power authority, and the
tourism advisory council, the New York state council on  the  arts,  the
canal  corporation,  the  canal  recreationway  commission,  the Olympic
regional development authority, and the Hudson River park trust;
(3) the chairpersons or their designated representatives of the senate
standing committee on tourism, recreation and  sports  development,  and
the assembly standing committee on tourism, arts and sports development,
who shall serve as ex-officio, non-voting members; and
(4)  upon  designation by the governor, the chief executive officer or
his or her designated representative of any department,  board,  bureau,
commission,  office,  agency,  or  other  instrumentality  of  the state
providing services or programs for travelers, travel-related  businesses
or other public bodies which operate a travel-related program.
(b)  The  chairman  of  the  task force shall be the commissioner. The
members of the task force may elect such other officers as they may deem
necessary.
(c) The task force shall meet at least four times  each  year  at  the
call of the chairman.
(d)  Members of the task force shall receive no compensation for their
services as members, but shall  be  compensated  for  their  actual  and
necessary  expenses  by  warrant of the comptroller and voucher of their
department, agency, authority or council.
(e) The task force shall:
(1) receive the  report  of  each  member  on  programs  and  services
provided  to  the  traveling public, travel-related businesses and other
public bodies providing services or programs for travelers, and evaluate
such reports to determine opportunities  for  coordination  of  efforts,
prevention of duplication of services, and sharing of resources;
(2)  evaluate  and  recommend  to  the  governor  and  the legislature
initiatives to enhance or facilitate the  effectiveness  of  current  or
planned state traveler services or tourism marketing programs;
(3)  evaluate  and  make  recommendations  to  prevent  overlapping of
promotion efforts and programs;
(4) submit not more than two weeks after each meeting  copies  of  the
meeting  minutes  to  each member of the inter-agency tourism task force
including ex-officio, non-voting members; and
(5) report on or before January first of each year  to  the  governor,
the  temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, and
the chairman of the appropriate legislative committees on the activities
of the task force with respect to its functions, powers and duties.