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 1.48 - Executive order no. 48: amending and superseding the executive order of september 16, 1968 [no. 28], designating the social development planning commission as the state's official long-range social development planning agency

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
I, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Governor of the State of New
					 York, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the Laws
					 of the State of New York, do hereby direct by Executive Order that Executive
					 Order Number 28, dated September 16, 1968, which designated the Social
					 Development Planning Commission as the State's official long-range social
					 development planning agency, be amended to read as follows:
I, Nelson A. Rockefeller, 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 establish in the Executive Department an
					 interdepartmental social development planning commission, to be known as the
					 Social Development Planning Commission, to consist of the Commissioner of
					 Social Services as chairman, and the Commissioners of Education, Health, Human
					 Rights, Labor, Mental Hygiene, Local Government, Housing and Community Renewal,
					 the Chancellor of the State University, the Director of the Division for Youth,
					 and the Director of the Office for the Aging. The Director of the Division of
					 the Budget shall serve as a non-voting member.
I. General Powers
The Commission shall coordinate and review social
					 development planning efforts among governmental and non-governmental agencies,
					 organizations and groups concerned with services, facilities and manpower.
					 "Social development planning" shall include planning for assistance to the
					 disadvantaged, increased job opportunity, human rights, employee protection,
					 and coordination of administration.
In exercising its powers, functions and duties, the
					 Commission shall be responsible to the Governor and shall consult and work
					 closely with the Social Development Planning Advisory Council.
II. Social Development Advisory
				  Council
A Social Development Planning Advisory Council is hereby
					 established to consist of representatives of governmental and non-governmental
					 organizations and groups to advise the Social Development Planning Commission
					 in the exercise of its powers, functions and duties under this Order. The
					 members of the Advisory Council shall be appointed by the Governor.
III. Personal and Other Support
				  Services
The Office of Planning Services shall provide all personal
					 and other support services as may be necessary or desirable to assist the
					 Social Development Planning Commission to fulfill the purposes of this
					 Order.
The Office of Planning Services, acting for and on behalf
					 of the Social Development Planning Commission, is hereby authorized to receive
					 and disburse funds from the Federal Government granted for social development
					 planning purposes.
IV.
				  Effective Date and Transfer Provisions
Executive Order Number 28, dated September 16, 1968, which
					 designated the Social Development Planning Commission as the State's official
					 long-range social development planning agency, is hereby amended and superseded
					 by this Executive Order effective April 1, 1971. On such date, all rights and
					 obligations of the Social Development Planning Commission under any contract or
					 agreement relating to functions, powers and duties transferred by this Order to
					 the Office of Planning Services are hereby transferred and assigned to,
					 devolved upon and assumed by the Office of Planning Services. With respect to
					 the functions, powers, duties, rights and obligations so transferred and
					 assumed the Office of Planning Services shall be deemed and held to constitute
					 the continuation of the Social Development Planning Commission and not a
					 different agency or authority. Any proceeding or other business or matter
					 heretofore undertaken or commenced by or before such Commission may be
					 conducted and completed by the Office of Planning Services in the same manner
					 and under the same terms and conditions and with the same effect as if
					 conducted and completed by such Commission.
Provision may be made, within appropriations available
					 therefor and subject to the Civil Service Law, for the transfer to the Office
					 of Planning Services of such officers and employees of the Social Development
					 Planning Commission other than Commission members as the Director of the Office
					 of Planning Services may deem necessary.
All appropriations or reappropriations together with any
					 Federal funds advanced to the Social Development Planning Commission, to the
					 extent of remaining unexpended or unencumbered balances thereof, whether
					 allocated or unallocated and whether obligated or unobligated, shall be
					 transferred to and made available for use by the Office of Planning Services
					 for the same purposes for which originally appropriated or advanced.
Signed: Nelson A. RockefellerDated: April 2, 1971
[FN*] [Amends Executive Order No. 28,
					 supra.]