2023 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.