2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner › Article 2 - Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner › 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.