2023 New York Laws › VAT - Vehicle and Traffic › Title 4 - Registration of Vehicles › Article 15 - Registration of Motorcycles › 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.