N.Y. Vehicle & Traffic Law § 410-a: 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 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 have at least three years experience in

the administration of a statewide motorcycle rider education 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.