New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 9 - EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT › Subtitle A - Governor's Office › Chapter I - Executive Orders › Part 5 - Executive Orders (George E. Pataki) › Section 5.58 - Executive order no. 58: naming the executive commission to transfer the functions, powers, duties and obligations of the former department of social services and the division for youth to the offices of children and family services and temporary and disability assistance

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
WHEREAS, Chapter 436 of the Laws of 1997 created the
					 Department of Family Assistance, composed of two autonomous offices within the
					 Department: the Office of Children and Family Services and the Office of
					 Temporary and Disability Assistance;
WHEREAS, these new Offices are responsible for the
					 functions, powers, duties and obligations of the former Department of Social
					 Services and the former Division for Youth;
WHEREAS, the Department of Health and the Department of
					 Labor are statutorily responsible for other functions, powers, duties and
					 obligations of the former Department of Social Services;
WHEREAS, Chapter 436 of the Laws of 1997 established an
					 Executive Commission responsible for developing a comprehensive legislative
					 proposal to implement the transfer of the functions, powers, duties and
					 obligations of the former Department of Social Services and the former Division
					 for Youth to the appropriate successor agencies; and
WHEREAS, it is proper that such Executive Commission
					 consist of individuals with the expertise, judgment and professional knowledge
					 needed to develop a comprehensive legislative proposal;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE E. PATAKI, Governor of the State
					 of New York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
					 Laws of the State of New York, do hereby order as follows:
I. Executive Commission
There is hereby named an Executive Commission to develop a
					 comprehensive legislative proposal to implement the transfer of the functions,
					 powers, duties and obligations for the former Department of Social Services and
					 the former Division for Youth to the appropriate successor agencies.
The Executive Commission shall consist of the Commissioner
					 of the Office of Children and Family Services, or his designee; the
					 Commissioner of the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, or his
					 designee; the Commissioner of the Department of Labor, or his designee; the
					 Commissioner of the Department of Health, or her designee; the Director of
					 State Operations, or his designee; the Counsel to the Governor, or his
					 designee; the Director of the Division of the Budget, or her designee; and the
					 Executive Director of the Council on Children and Families, or her
					 designee.
Members of the Commission shall receive no compensation but
					 shall be entitled to reimbursement for any necessary expenses incurred in
					 connection with the performance of their duties.
II. Powers and Responsibilities of Commission
The Executive Commission shall develop a comprehensive
					 legislative proposal or proposals implementing the transfer of the functions,
					 powers, duties and obligations of the former Department of Social Services and
					 the former Division for Youth to the appropriate successor agencies, consistent
					 with the provisions of Chapter 436 of the Laws of 1997.
The Executive Commission shall submit such legislative
					 proposal or proposals to the Governor, the Temporary President of the Senate
					 and the Speaker of the Assembly as soon as practicable.
III. Staff Support and Cooperation of State
				  Agencies
The departments represented on this Executive Commission
					 and any other State agencies, divisions, offices or departments shall cooperate
					 fully with the Commission and its mission. Such assistance may include, but
					 shall not be limited to, the use of agency staff and other administrative and
					 technical resources necessary for the Commission to fulfill its mission,
					 including the provision of statistical and policy data in such form as is
					 requested by the Commission.
IV. Dissolution
The Executive Commission shall be dissolved ninety days
					 after completion of its final legislative proposal fully implementing the
					 transfer of the functions, powers, duties and obligations of the former
					 Department of Social Services and the former Division for Youth to the
					 appropriate successor agencies.
Signed: George E. PatakiDated: December 16, 1997
[FN*] [Revoked by Executive Order No. 5 (Eliot Spitzer),
					 infra.]
[Revoked by Executive Order No. 9 (David A. Paterson),
					 infra.]
[Revoked by Executive Order No. 2 (Andrew M. Cuomo),
					 infra.]