§ 19.29 Deaccessioning. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,\nthe commissioner may donate a work of art or an historic or other object\nof personal property under the jurisdiction of the office to a public\ncorporation. The commissioner may also dispose of such property directly\npursuant to a process set forth in regulation which is consistent with\nsubdivision three of section one hundred sixty-seven of the state\nfinance law or may transfer such property with or without conditions to\nthe office of general services, and the office of general services shall\nbe authorized to accept such work of art or such object and dispose of\nsuch property in accordance with the provisions of section one hundred\nsixty-seven of the state finance law, or at a private sale. Such work of\nart or object shall only be donated, transferred or sold pursuant to\nthis section provided that:\n 1. The commissioner determines such work of art or object to be\nsurplus to the needs of the office or the public.\n 2. The work of art or object to be disposed of is first documented,\nrecorded and offered to the New York state museum for use in its\ncollections, and if not accepted within thirty days of such offer, it\nshall be offered for transfer to state agencies having a legislative\nmandate to acquire, exhibit, preserve and interpret works of art and\nhistoric objects. Proceeds derived from the deaccessioning of any\nproperty from the collections of the office shall be deposited into the\nstate park infrastructure fund established pursuant to section\nninety-seven-mm of the state finance law and shall be used only for the\nacquisition of collections and/or for the preservation, protection and\ncare of the collections, including capital projects relating thereto.\n
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