New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle A - Governor's Office › Chapter I - Executive Orders › Part 1 - Executive Orders (Nelson A. Rockefeller) › Section 1.31 - Executive Order No. 31: Creation of the Crime Control Planning Board and Office of Crime Control Planning. [*]

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
I, Nelson A. Rockefeller, by virtue of the authority vested
					 in me by the Constitution and the laws of the State of New York, and as
					 Governor of the State of New York, by Executive Order do hereby establish in
					 the Executive Department a board to be known as the Crime Control Planning
					 Board, to advise the Governor concerning planning for the improvement and
					 revitalization of State and local crime prevention, law enforcement, criminal
					 justice and offender treatment systems and to act as New York State's planning
					 board pursuant to Title I of Public Law 90-351 ("Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
					 Streets Act of 1968"), and do further create in the Executive Department a new
					 bureau, to be known as the New York State Office of Crime Control
					 Planning.
The Crime Control Planning Board shall consist of
					 twenty-one members broadly representative of State and local crime control
					 agencies, units of general local government, and community or citizen
					 interests, to be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the Governor, who
					 shall also designate one of them as chairman. The Directors of the Office of
					 Planning Coordination and the Division of the Budget shall serve as non-voting
					 members.
The Office of Crime Control Planning shall be headed by a
					 Director, to be appointed by, and serve at the pleasure of, the
					 Governor.
General Powers and Duties of the
					 Board
The Crime Control Planning Board shall:
- advise the Governor with respect to law enforcement
					 planning at all levels of government;
- review, approve and maintain general oversight of all
					 policies, plans and regulations for distribution of grants from funds made
					 available to the State pursuant to Title I of Public Law 90-351, and such other
					 laws or programs as the Governor may direct;
- determine, subject to jurisdiction of the Governor,
					 priorities for the use of such funds and allocations of such funds for
					 specified purposes;
- adopt procedures of operation and promulgate rules and
					 regulations governing administration of such funds.
General Powers and Duties of the
					 Office
The Director of the Office of Crime Control Planning shall
					 be responsible to the Governor for:
- performance of all necessary and appropriate staff
					 services required by the Board utilizing to the extent possible the resources
					 of existing State agencies and without in any way duplicating the functions of
					 such agencies;
- preparation, evaluation and revision of proposed
					 comprehensive Statewide crime control plans;
- appointment and removal of such officers, expert
					 consultants and other employees as he may deem necessary, prescribing their
					 duties, fixing their compensation, and providing for reimbursement of their
					 expenses within amounts available therefor;
- requesting from any department, division, board, bureau,
					 commission or other agency of the State or any of its political subdivisions,
					 such assistance, information and data as may be required;
- accepting, agreeing to accept, or contracting for as
					 agent of the State with the approval of the Governor, any grant, including
					 federal grants, or any gift for any of the purposes of this order.
Crime Control Council
The Chairman of the New York State Crime Control Council is
					 hereby directed to make available to the Office of Crime Control Planning all
					 necessary and appropriate resources of the Council to assist the Office in
					 carrying out its responsibilities.
Compensation of Board Members
The members of the Board shall be reimbursed for their
					 actual and necessary expenses, within the funds available therefor.
Signed: Nelson A. Rockefeller
Dated: Dec. 17, 1968
Footnotes
* [Amended by Executive Order
					 Nos. 31, 35, 38, and 49
infra.
]