N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 200: Department of motor vehicles; commissioner

§ 200. Department of motor vehicles; commissioner. 1. There shall be

in the state government a department of motor vehicles. The head of the

department shall be the commissioner of motor vehicles who shall be

appointed by the governor, by and with the advice and consent of the

senate, and hold office until the end of the term of the appointing

governor and until a successor is appointed and has qualified, and who

shall receive an annual salary within the amount appropriated therefor.

The commissioner of motor vehicles shall have the immediate charge of

the department. The commissioner of motor vehicles may appoint, and at

pleasure remove, such deputy commissioners of motor vehicles,

inspectors, examiners and other assistants and employees of the

department as are deemed necessary, within the amounts available

therefor by appropriation. The commissioner of motor vehicles and all

other officers and employees of the department shall be paid and allowed

their necessary, actual and reasonable expenses incurred in the exercise

of their duties. All salaries and expenses of the department shall be

paid out of the state treasury on the audit and warrant of the

comptroller on the certificate of the commissioner of motor vehicles.

The principal office of the department shall be in the city of Albany.

2. (a) The commissioner of motor vehicles may enter into a contract

for the publication of a driver's manual. Such contract may provide for

the sale of advertising by the contractor. A contract for publication of

a driver's manual shall be awarded following consideration of factors

which shall include, but not be limited to, the most favorable financial

advantage for the state, and the greatest utility to the motorist. The

commissioner shall issue a request for proposal for publication of the

driver's manual which shall set requirements for the preparation of

bids; responsibility for preparation and placement of appropriate

advertising content, which shall be limited to no more than thirty

percent of the total space available; approval of the commissioner at

critical stages of the driver's manual development, including

appropriate timetables and schedules; approval of advertising standards

and rates; any securities which shall be required of the contractor and

deadlines for selection of a competent contractor.

(b) On or before February first of each year following enactment

hereof, the department shall submit a report to the director of the

division of the budget detailing any proposed privatization initiatives

it would like to undertake including a summary of each initiative, the

cost savings associated with each initiative and the impact of each

initiative on customer service and departmental staffing levels. Copies

of such report shall be simultaneously filed with the chairpersons of

the senate finance committee and the assembly ways and means committee.