State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > New-york > Pbh > Article-12 > 1200* § 1200. Task force on health effects of toll plaza air quality in New York city. 1. The task force on health effects of toll plaza air quality in New York city is hereby created to examine, evaluate, and determine the health effects of air quality at toll plazas in New York city including on those employed at such toll plazas. 2. Such task force shall consist of seventeen members, each to serve until April first, two thousand eleven. Eleven members of the task force shall be appointed by the governor, provided however that two shall be on nomination of the temporary president of the senate; one shall be on nomination of the minority leader of the senate; two shall be on nomination of the speaker of the assembly; one shall be on nomination of the minority leader of the assembly; and two shall be on nomination of the mayor of the city of New York. Additional members shall be: the commissioner or his or her designee; the commissioner of labor or his or her designee; the commissioner of transportation or his or her designee; the commissioner of environmental conservation or his or her designee; the chairperson of the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority or his or her designee; and the chairperson of the New York state occupational safety and health hazard abatement board or his or her designee. Appointments shall be made prior to April first, two thousand eight. Vacancies in the task force shall be filled in the manner provided for the original appointments. 3. All appointees shall have expertise in fields or disciplines related to occupational or environmental health, environmental air quality issues, or transportation. 4. The task force shall be chaired by the commissioner or his or her designee. The task force shall elect a vice-chair and other necessary officers from among all appointed members. 5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a majority of the members of the task force then in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business or the exercise of any power or function of the task force. An act, determination or decision of the majority of the members of the task force shall be held to be the act, determination, or decision of the task force. 6. The task force shall meet at least every six months at the call of the chair. Meetings may be held via teleconference. Special meetings may be called by the chair at the request of a majority of the members of the task force. 7. Members of the task force shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties in the work of the task force. * NB Repealed April 1, 2011
