S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3830
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 2, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the donation of
state vehicles to boards of cooperative educational services
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 167 of the state finance law, as
added by chapter 83 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
3. The commissioner may dispose of any personal property of the state
by sale or by such other means as he or she deems to be in the best
interest of the state except that personal property other than vehicles
which have been placed in the custody or control of such commissioner by
a state agency shall first be made available for reuse by other state
agencies by advertising such availability as widely as possible among
state agencies. A record of each disposition shall be retained and
shall be subject to audit. The commissioner may also from time to time
establish a fair market value level below which personal property deter-
mined to be no longer useful may be disposed of immediately by state
agencies through such means as, in the discretion of such agencies, are
in the best interest of the state. THE COMMISSIONER MAY DISPOSE OF VEHI-
CLES IN HIS OR HER CUSTODY OR CONTROL BY DONATING SUCH VEHICLES TO
BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE.
SUCH VEHICLES SHALL BE DONATED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMISSIONER
UPON THE WRITTEN REQUEST OF SUCH BOARD. SUCH WRITTEN REQUEST SHALL BE
MADE IN A MANNER AND FORM AS DIRECTED BY THE COMMISSIONER. THE NUMBER OF
VEHICLES DONATED TO BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES SHALL BE
LIMITED TO TEN PERCENT OF THE VEHICLES IN THE CUSTODY AND CONTROL OF THE
COMMISSIONER AND SHALL BE USED EXCLUSIVELY BY SUCH BOARDS FOR TRAINING
AND EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02963-01-9