§ 179-aa. Advisory committee. There is hereby established a
not-for-profit contracting advisory committee. The advisory committee
shall consist of sixteen members which shall include eight appointed
members, four to be appointed by the governor who shall be
representatives of not-for-profit organizations providing services in
the state, and two each to be appointed by the governor upon
recommendation of the temporary president of the senate and speaker of
the assembly, and eight ex officio members of the committee, one each
designated from the division of the budget, the department of law, the
office of the state comptroller, and the education department. The
governor shall also designate four members from among the following
agencies: the department of state, the office of children and family
services, the office of temporary and disability assistance, the
department of health, the office of mental hygiene, the office for
people with developmental disabilities, and the department of labor. The
governor shall designate an appointee to serve as chair of the
committee. The advisory committee shall meet at least quarterly and upon
its own initiative may: comment and report on the implementation and
operation of the not-for-profit short-term revolving loan fund; advise
the governor, comptroller and state agencies on the implementation and
operation of this article; evaluate the benefits of requiring all state
agencies to use standard contract language and the extent to which
standard language may be effectively included in contracts with
not-for-profit organizations; review annually the report of the office
of the state comptroller made pursuant to section one hundred
seventy-nine-bb of this article; and propose any legislation they deem
necessary to improve the fund and this article. The committee shall
report to the governor and the legislature with recommendations on
improving the contracting procedures with not-for-profit organizations
which receive state funds through the intermediary of municipalities.
Such reports shall be due annually not later than December first.