2006 New York Code - Motorcycle Safety Program.

 
    §  410-a.  Motorcycle  safety  program.  1.    The  commissioner shall
  establish and administer a motorcycle safety program which shall consist
  of  approved  motorcycle  rider  training  courses,  motorcycle   course
  instructor  training,  program promotion, and public awareness. Approved
  rider training courses shall meet nationally  recognized  standards  for
  motorcycle  rider  training  courses,  or standards for motorcycle rider
  safety programs which are approved by the department and are  comparable
  to  the standards of the motorcycle safety foundation's motorcycle rider
  safety program. Approved courses shall include at least eight  hours  of
  instruction  in  the  actual  operation of a motorcycle. Monies from the
  motorcycle safety fund established pursuant to section  ninety-two-g  of
  the   state  finance  law  shall  be  used  for  the  establishment  and
  implementation of this program.
    2. The commissioner of  motor  vehicles  shall  issue  a  request  for
  proposals  for  the  coordination  of  a motorcycle safety program which
  shall set requirements for the preparation  of  bids.  The  commissioner
  shall  enter  into  a  contract,  for  a  period  of  five years, with a
  motorcycle rider training coordinating organization selected pursuant to
  such process. The contract shall be awarded following the  consideration
  of  factors  which  shall  include,  but  not  be  limited  to, the most
  favorable financial advantage for the state, the greatest utility to the
  motorcyclist,  the   comprehensiveness   and   effectiveness   of   such
  organization  and  its  compatibility  with the existing rider education
  programs. The motorcycle rider training coordination organization  shall
  be  subject  to  periodic  reporting  requirements  established  by  the
  department outlining the administration and effectiveness of its program
  and an itemization of  all  motorcycle  safety  fund  allocations.  Such
  motorcycle   rider   training   coordinating  organization  shall  be  a
  not-for-profit corporation incorporated in New York state  and  have  at
  least  three  years  experience  in  the  administration  of a statewide
  motorcycle rider education program, be a sponsoring agency for  the  New
  York  state  point  and  insurance  reduction  program,  and have as its
  administrator an individual who has no financial or proprietary interest
  in a motorcycle training school or facility.
    3.   The motorcycle rider  training  coordinating  organization  shall
  submit  to  the commissioner for approval requests for advances pursuant
  to a contract and reimbursements from the  motorcycle  safety  fund  for
  equipment,   operating  and  administrative  costs  and  other  expenses
  necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.  The commissioner
  shall approve all such requests for expenditures that are in  accordance
  with the provisions of this section.
    4.  The commissioner shall annually file a report on expenditures from
  the motorcycle safety fund, established pursuant to section ninety-two-g
  of the state finance  law,  with  the  legislature.  Such  report  shall
  include  the  name  of the funded motorcycle rider training coordinating
  organization and the amount of funds distributed to it and shall provide
  an evaluation of the overall effectiveness of the  funded  programs  and
  any recommendations for programmatic changes.