[§341-5] Structure and functions of the ecology or environmental center. (a) The center shall be so constituted as to make most effective the contribution of the university to the problems of determining and maintaining optimum environmental quality. Its membership shall be comprised of those members of the university community actively concerned with ecological and environmental problems.

(b) The functions of the center shall be to stimulate, expand, and coordinate education, research, and service efforts of the university related to ecological relationships, natural resources, and environmental quality, with special relation to human needs and social institutions, particularly with regard to the State. [L 1970, c 132, pt of §1]