N.Y. Exec. Law § 450

§ 450. Developmental disabilities planning council. 1. There is hereby\nestablished, within the executive department, a developmental\ndisabilities planning council, to perform those duties and functions\nrequired by the federal developmental disabilities services and\nfacilities construction act of nineteen hundred seventy and by the\nfederal developmentally disabled assistance and bill of rights act of\nnineteen hundred seventy-five as amended by the federal rehabilitation\ncomprehensive services and developmental disabilities amendments of\nnineteen hundred seventy-eight and any acts amendatory thereof or\nsupplemental thereto.\n 2. The council shall consist of at least twenty persons appointed by\nthe governor from among residents of New York state. The governor shall\ndesignate one of the appointed members to serve as chairman. Members\nshall be appointed for terms of three years, provided however, that of\nthe members first appointed, one-third shall be appointed for a one year\nterm and one-third shall be appointed for two year terms. Vacancies\nshall be filled in the same manner as original appointments for the\nremainder of the unexpired term.\n 3. (a) The membership of the developmental disabilities planning\ncouncil shall at all times include representatives of the principal\nstate agencies, higher education training facilities, local agencies,\nand non-governmental agencies and groups concerned with services to\npersons with developmental disabilities in New York state;\n (b) At least one-half of the membership shall consist of:\n (i) developmentally disabled persons or their parents or guardians or\nof immediate relatives or guardians of persons with mentally impairing\ndevelopmental disabilities,\n (ii) these may not be employees of a state agency receiving funds or\nproviding services under the federal developmental disabilities\nassistance act or have a managerial, proprietary or controlling interest\nin an entity which receives funds or provides services under such act,\n (iii) at least one-third of these members shall be developmentally\ndisabled,\n (iv) at least one-third shall be immediate relatives or guardians of\npersons with mentally impairing developmental disabilities,\n (v) at least one member shall be an immediate relative or guardian of\nan institutionalized developmentally disabled person;\n (c) The membership may include some or all of the members of the\nadvisory council on mental retardation and developmental disabilities.\n 4. The developmental disabilities planning council shall meet\nperiodically or at the call of its chairman.\n 5. The chairman, in consultation with the other members of the\ncouncil, shall appoint and employ such personnel as he or she may deem\nnecessary, prescribe their duties, fix their compensation and provide\nfor reimbursement of their expenses within amounts available therefor\nfrom federal funds reserved by the state pursuant to the developmental\ndisabilities assistance and bill of rights act or by state\nappropriation.\n 6. Members shall receive no compensation for their services but shall\nbe reimbursed out of federal funds available therefor for all expenses\nactually and necessarily incurred by them in the performance of their\nduties.\n