Creates a temporary state commission to study and make recommendations concerning the incidence of asthma in the borough of the Bronx in New York city.

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S1035-2013 Actions

• Jan 9, 2013: REFERRED TO FINANCE

S1035-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S1035

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to create a temporary state commission to study and make recommendations
concerning the incidence of asthma in the borough of the Bronx in New
York city

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To create a state commission to study the incidence of asthma in Bronx
County, the county with the highest incidence of asthma in the state
of New York.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 creates a temporary state commission to study the incidence
of asthma in Bronx county. Section 2 requires the commission to
consist of 11 members: 5 appointed by the Governor with two from the
Departments of Health and Environmental Conservation; 2 members
appointed by the temporary president of the senate and one by the
minority leader; and, two appointed by the speaker of the assembly
and one by the minority leader.
All members of the commission must be residents of the city of New
York, expect for the two appointees from DOH and DEC.

Section 3 states there is no compensation for membership on the
commission, but members are allowed actual and necessary expenses for
performance of their official duties.

Section 4 states the commission
can meet wherever the committee deems necessary and shall hold public
hearings quarterly with all the powers of a legislative commission
pursuant to the legislative law.

Section 5 states the commission
shall make a report of its findings to the governor and legislature.

JUSTIFICATION:
Legislators and policy makers need the input and recommendations of
the commission to immediately address the high incidence of asthma
throughout the Bronx. The creation of the commission is a step
towards addressing this dire situation as well as making
recommendations to eradicate the high incidence of asthma.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill.
2009/2010: Senate Referred to Finance & Assembly Referred to Health
2011-2012: S.2344

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
Minimal to the State.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

S1035-2013 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                    1035

                         2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                 (PREFILED)

                               January 9, 2013
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sens.  SERRANO,  DIAZ, HASSELL-THOMPSON, KLEIN, KRUEGER,
    SAVINO -- read twice and ordered  printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
    committed to the Committee on Finance

  AN  ACT  to create a temporary state commission to study and make recom-
    mendations concerning the incidence of asthma in the  borough  of  the
    Bronx in New York city

    THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. A temporary state commission is hereby created to study and
  make recommendations relating to the incidence of asthma in the  borough
  of  the  Bronx in New York, which has the highest incidence of asthma in
  the state. The commission will place particular  emphasis  on  youth  in
  communities  with an unemployment rate exceeding one hundred twenty-five
  percent of the statewide level.
    S 2. The commission shall consist of eleven members to be appointed as
  follows: five shall be appointed by the governor; two shall be appointed
  by the temporary president of the senate and one by the minority  leader
  of the senate; and two shall be appointed by the speaker of the assembly
  and  one  by  the  minority  leader  of the assembly. The members of the
  commission shall serve at  the  pleasure  of  the  official  making  the
  appointment  of such member. Of the five members appointed by the gover-
  nor, one shall be from the department of health and one  shall  be  from
  the department of environmental conservation. The remaining nine members
  of the commission must reside in a city with a population of one million
  or  more.  Vacancies in the membership of the commission shall be filled
  in the manner provided for  original  appointments.  Membership  on  the
  commission shall not constitute a public office. A chairperson and vice-
  chairperson  of  the  commission  shall  be elected by a majority of its
  members, all members being present.

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD00522-01-3

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    S 3. The members of the commission shall receive no  compensation  for
  their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
  incurred in the performance of their duties pursuant to this act.
    S  4. The commission may meet within and without the state, shall hold
  at least one public hearing each quarter, and shall have all the  powers
  of a legislative committee pursuant to the legislative law.
    S  5.  The commission shall make a report of its findings and make any
  recommendations it may deem necessary and appropriate to  the  governor,
  the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly no
  later than one year after the effective date of this act.
    S 6. This act shall take effect immediately.