N.Y. State Finance Law § 179-aa: Advisory committee

§ 179-aa. Advisory committee. There is hereby established a

not-for-profit contracting advisory committee. The advisory committee

shall consist of sixteen members which shall include eight appointed

members, four to be appointed by the governor who shall be

representatives of not-for-profit organizations providing services in

the state, and two each to be appointed by the governor upon

recommendation of the temporary president of the senate and speaker of

the assembly, and eight ex officio members of the committee, one each

designated from the division of the budget, the department of law, the

office of the state comptroller, and the education department. The

governor shall also designate four members from among the following

agencies: the department of state, the office of children and family

services, the office of temporary and disability assistance, the

department of health, the office of mental hygiene, the office for

people with developmental disabilities, and the department of labor. The

governor shall designate an appointee to serve as chair of the

committee. The advisory committee shall meet at least quarterly and upon

its own initiative may: comment and report on the implementation and

operation of the not-for-profit short-term revolving loan fund; advise

the governor, comptroller and state agencies on the implementation and

operation of this article; evaluate the benefits of requiring all state

agencies to use standard contract language and the extent to which

standard language may be effectively included in contracts with

not-for-profit organizations; review annually the report of the office

of the state comptroller made pursuant to section one hundred

seventy-nine-bb of this article; and propose any legislation they deem

necessary to improve the fund and this article. The committee shall

report to the governor and the legislature with recommendations on

improving the contracting procedures with not-for-profit organizations

which receive state funds through the intermediary of municipalities.

Such reports shall be due annually not later than December first.