2006 New York Code - Plan Of Operation And Grant Award Process.

 
    * § 846-m. Plan of operation and grant award process. 1. In accordance
  with the legislative intent of this article, the board shall develop and
  recommend  to  the  commissioner a plan of operation which shall provide
  for a coordinated approach to curtailing motor vehicle theft  and  motor
  vehicle  insurance fraud throughout the state. The plan shall provide an
  integrated means to detect, prevent,  deter  and  reduce  motor  vehicle
  theft  and  motor  vehicle  insurance fraud by providing funds, upon the
  recommendation of the board and approved by the  commissioner,  to  meet
  these objectives. The plan of operation shall include but not be limited
  to: an assessment of the scope of the problem of motor vehicle theft and
  motor  vehicle  insurance  fraud,  including  a regional analysis of the
  incidence of motor vehicle theft and motor vehicle insurance  fraud  and
  related  activities;  an  analysis  of  various methods of combating the
  problem; and  the  development  of  a  request  for  proposals  process,
  consistent  with  the  plan,  for applications from provider agencies to
  receive grants from the fund.
    2. (a) The moneys received by the fund shall be expended in  a  manner
  that   is   consistent   with   the   plan  of  operation,  pursuant  to
  appropriation, only to reimburse costs incurred by provider agencies for
  pilot program  activities  relating  to  the  detection,  prevention  or
  reduction of motor vehicle theft and motor vehicle insurance fraud.
    (b)  Activities  eligible for funding include, but are not limited to,
  the following: prosecution and adjudication  services;  law  enforcement
  services;  neighborhood  or  community based programs designed to reduce
  the incidence of motor vehicle theft and motor vehicle insurance  fraud;
  educational  programs  designed  to  inform  owners  of  motor  vehicles
  concerning activities designed to prevent  the  incidence  of  theft  of
  motor vehicles and fraudulent claims practices; and programs designed to
  examine,  evaluate  and make recommendations relating to the efficacy of
  motor vehicle theft prevention devices or  methods  including,  but  not
  limited  to,  passive tracking devices designed to identify the location
  of a motor vehicle at any given point in time and window  glass  etching
  with  vehicle  identification  numbers  or  any other unique identifying
  symbol including decal programs such as New York city's operation combat
  auto theft (C.A.T.) funds provided under this program shall be  used  to
  augment,  and not to supplant, the provider agency's current funding, if
  any, for motor vehicle theft and insurance fraud detection,  prevention,
  or  reduction  activities, and shall only be used to fund pilot programs
  of a specified duration not to extend beyond July  first,  two  thousand
  seven.
    (c)  In  allocating the moneys for the program, the commissioner, upon
  recommendation of the board, shall, to  the  greatest  extent  possible,
  take  into  account  the geographic incidence of motor vehicle theft and
  insurance fraud, whereby localities with the greatest incidence of motor
  vehicle theft and insurance fraud shall be targeted for the purposes  of
  this program.
    (d)  The  state  comptroller  shall  conduct  an  audit  of all moneys
  received and expended by the fund as well as all  other  funds  expended
  from any other source for the purposes of this program, and shall submit
  a written report detailing such audit to the governor and legislature on
  or before March first, two thousand seven.
    3. This article shall expire on July first, two thousand seven.
    * NB Expires July 1, 2007