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2011 NY Att'y Gen. Rep. & Op. 1 (2011)

handle is hein.nyattgen/nysag0132 and id is 1 raw text is: Mental Hygiene Law §§ 5.01, 5.07(b), 5.07(b)(1), Article 41, 41.01, 41.03(1), 41.03(2),
41.03(3), 41.03(8), 41.05(a), 41.05(e) , 41.05(b) , 41.05(c) , 41.09(a) , 41.11(a), 41.11(b),
41.13(8), 41.13(9), 41.13(11), 41.13(16); Municipal Home Rule Law §§ 10(1)(i), 10(1)(ii)(a);
New York State Constitution Article, IX § 2, Article IX § 2(b)(2), Article IX § 2(c)(i), Article IX
§ 2(c)(i)(1), Article IX § 3(a)(3), Article IX §, 3(d)(1), Article IX § 3(d)(4); County Law
400(4)(a), 475(1), 500(1); Highway Law 100; Arts & Cultural Affairs Law 57.07(1)
Mental Hygiene Law § 41.09(a) relates to a substantial state concern, and thus a non-charter
county may not legislate inconsistently with it to provide that the county legislature appoint the
community services director.
February 7, 2011
Robert A. Kent                                          Formal Opinion
General Counsel                                         No. 2011-F l
New York State Office of
Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Services
John V. Tauriello
Deputy Commissioner & Counsel
New York State Office of Mental Health
Kerry A. Delaney
Deputy Commissioner & Counsel
New York State Office of
Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities
New York State Department of Mental Hygiene
Inter-Office Coordinating Council
1450 Western Avenue
Albany, NY 12203
Dear Messrs. Kent and Tauriello and Ms. Delaney:
You have requested an opinion concerning the authority of a non-charter county to
change the method of appointing a local director of community services established by the
Mental Hygiene Law. You represent the several state offices that, taken together, comprise the
Department of Mental Hygiene. Mental Hygiene Law § 5.01. Your responsibilities include the
development of statewide comprehensive plans for the provision of state and local services for
the mentally ill, the mentally retarded and developmentally disabled, and those suffering from
alcoholism and substance abuse. Id. § 5.07(b)(1).
Your offices have regulatory jurisdiction over Article 41 of the Mental Hygiene Law.
The purpose of Article 41 is to encourage cooperation between state and local government
entities in providing local and unified preventive, rehabilitative, and treatment services to these

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