§ 3102-a. Industrial technology extension service. 1. There is hereby\nestablished within the foundation an industrial technology extension\nservice program.\n 2. Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the terms:\n (a) "Industrial technology extension service" shall mean a network of\nregional organizations which provide technical and management assistance\nthrough field agents, as well as feasibility studies and productivity\nassessments by contract, to eligible businesses, especially small and\nmedium sized firms in New York state. Agents will assist firms in\nresearching, evaluating and implementing opportunities for technology\nand or management related productivity improvements.\n (b) "Director" shall mean the executive director of the New York State\nScience and Technology Foundation.\n (c) "Foundation" shall mean the New York State Science and Technology\nFoundation.\n (d) "Regional organization" shall mean a not-for-profit organization\nwhich contracts with the foundation to serve as the industrial\ntechnology extension service for the region within which it operates.\n (e) "Industrial firm" shall mean a firm involved with extracting,\nsmelting, recovering, developing, preparing, compounding, converting,\nassembling or producing in any manner, minerals, raw materials, products\nor substances of any kind or nature, and shall include facilities\nrelated thereto for storage, warehousing or distribution, for research\nand development or for the discovery of new, and refinement of known,\nsubstances, processes, and products.\n (f) "Medium-sized industrial firm" shall mean an industrial firm that\nemploys less than five hundred persons within the state on a full-time\nbasis.\n (g) "Small-sized industrial firm" shall mean an industrial firm that\nemploys one hundred or less persons within the state on a full-time\nbasis.\n 3. Purpose. The purposes of the industrial technology extension\nservice program shall be:\n (a) to improve the competitiveness and increase the market share of\nviable New York state industries and firms through increased knowledge\nof new technologies and other innovations;\n (b) to build a technology dissemination transfer and educational\nservice based on current research and development strengths in New York\nstate in the area of industrial technologies;\n (c) to assist industrial firms with the introduction of improved\nmanagement and production processes in order to enhance their\nproductivity and competitiveness;\n (d) to provide industrial effectiveness field services pursuant to\narticle seven of the economic development law; and\n (e) to assist in the retention and expansion of industrial firms and\nemployment in New York state.\n 4. Contracting process. The foundation shall, on an annual basis\ncontract with regional organizations to provide industrial technology\nextension services on a regional basis. Initial selection shall be based\non the foundation's assessment of the ability of the regional\norganization to meet the objectives specified in subdivision three of\nthis section, to conduct outreach services, to service the technical\nneeds of industrial firms in the region and to coordinate its activities\nwith other concerned organizations within a region. The director shall\nreview, on an annual basis, the performance of regional organizations\nwhich have been selected to provide services in meeting these\nrequirements and, upon completion of its review, the foundation shall\nmake a determination concerning the advisability of continuing to\ncontract with the regional organization based on the outcome of the\nreview. However, upon a finding by the board of the foundation, made\nupon a recommendation from the department of economic development and\nthe director of the foundation, that the purposes of this section would\nmore appropriately be served by an individual rather than an\norganization, the foundation shall contract with an individual pursuant\nto the provision
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