2023 New York Laws › EXC - Executive › Article 36-A - New York Motor Vehicle Theft and Insurance Fraud Prevention Program › 846-L - New York Motor Vehicle Theft and Insurance Fraud Prevention Board.

§  846-l.  New York motor vehicle theft and insurance fraud prevention
board. 1. There is hereby created in the division  of  criminal  justice
services the New York motor vehicle theft and insurance fraud prevention
board  (hereinafter  "board"),  which  shall  consist  of  the following
members:
(a)  The  commissioner  of  criminal  justice  services   (hereinafter
"commissioner"),  or  his  designee,  who  shall  serve  as  the  voting
chairperson of the board;
(b)  Three  voting  members  appointed  by   the   governor   on   the
recommendation of the speaker of the assembly provided, however, that no
more than two such appointments made pursuant to this paragraph shall be
from  the same category of members as provided for in subdivision two of
this section.
(c)  Three  voting  members  appointed  by   the   governor   on   the
recommendation  of  the  temporary  president  of  the  senate provided,
however, that no more than two such appointments made pursuant  to  this
paragraph  shall be from the same category of members as provided for in
subdivision two of this section; and
(d) Five voting members appointed by the governor  provided,  however,
that  no more than two such appointments made pursuant to this paragraph
shall  be  from  the  same  category  of  members  as  provided  for  in
subdivision two of this section.
2.  The  members  of  the board appointed on the recommendation of the
speaker of the assembly and the temporary president of the  senate,  and
the members of the board appointed by the governor pursuant to paragraph
(d)  of  subdivision  one  of  this  section, shall be representative of
consumers of motor vehicle insurance, motor vehicle insurance companies,
law enforcement agencies and the judicial system. The appointments shall
be made not later than one hundred eighty days after the date  on  which
this  section  shall  have  become law. Members of the board who are not
public officials shall serve for a term of four years.  Members  of  the
board shall serve without compensation, except that members of the board
who  are  not  public  officials shall be entitled to receive reasonable
reimbursement for expenses incurred by  them  in  performance  of  their
duties  as  members of the board. A majority of the members of the board
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at a  meeting.
Action  may  be  taken  by  the  board  at  a meeting upon a vote of the
majority of its members present. Every member  of  the  board  shall  be
entitled to designate a representative to attend, in his or her place, a
meeting  of the board and to vote or otherwise act in his or her behalf,
provided, however, that a member may not designate such a representative
more than once each year. Written notice of such  designation  shall  be
furnished  to  the  board by the designating member prior to any meeting
attended by his or her representative.  Any  such  representative  shall
serve  at the pleasure of the designating member. No such representative
shall be authorized to delegate any of his or her duties or functions to
any other person. The board shall meet at least four  times  each  year,
and  at  other  times at the call of the chairperson or upon the written
request of two-thirds of the members of the board.
3. The commissioner shall,  pursuant  to  the  recommendation  of  the
board, have the power and duty to:
(a)  Make,  execute,  and  deliver  contracts,  conveyances, and other
instruments necessary to effect  the  purposes  and  objectives  of  the
program;
(b)   Accept  any  grant,  including  federal  grants,  or  any  other
contributions for the purposes of the program. Any  moneys  so  received
shall  be  expended  by  the  commissioner  for  the program's purposes,

pursuant to appropriation and subject to the  applicable  provisions  of
the state finance law;
(c) Make grants pursuant to a request for proposals process;
(d)  Appoint  such  employees  and agents as the commissioner may deem
necessary, fix their compensation within  the  limitations  provided  by
law, and prescribe their duties;
(e)  Request  from  the  division  of  state  police,  from  county or
municipal police  departments  and  agencies,  from  the  department  of
financial  services,  from  the  department  of motor vehicles, from the
office of court administration,  from  any  other  state  department  or
agency  or  public  authority,  or  from  any insurer which offers motor
vehicle insurance such  assistance  and  data  as  are  useful  for  the
purposes and objectives of the program;
(f)  Cooperate  with and assist political subdivisions of the state in
the development of local programs to prevent  motor  vehicle  theft  and
insurance fraud;
(g)  Advise  and  assist  the  superintendent  of  financial  services
pursuant to section  two  thousand  three  hundred  forty-eight  of  the
insurance law; and
(h)  Submit,  no  later  than  February  fifteenth of each year to the
governor and the chairperson of the senate  finance  committee  and  the
chairperson  of  the assembly ways and means committee, a written report
on the board's activities,  the  activities  of  grant  recipients,  the
results  achieved  by  the  grant recipients in improving the detection,
prevention or reduction of motor vehicle theft and insurance  fraud  and
the impact such efforts may have on motor vehicle insurance rates.