NY Exec L § 846-M (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 36-A - New York Motor Vehicle Theft and Insurance Fraud Prevention Program 846-M - 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.  (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 of each year.