Vehicle and Traffic Law § 216 · Article 2. Department of Motor Vehicles; Commissioner
Automotive-medical research division
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§ 216 Automotive-medical research division. The commissioner shall establish an automotive-medical research division with such facilities and such expert assistants as are necessary to do medical and engineering research in the field of motor vehicle safety. The commissioner shall from time to time make reports and recommendations to the governor, and the legislature on the findings and studies of the agency. The commissioner shall be empowered to contract with the department of health for medical research necessary to carry out the purposes of this section, and, subject to the provisions of the state finance law, to take and administer for the state any grant, gift or bequest to be applied, principal or income, or both, for the purposes specified in such grant, to the maintenance and operation of a research program under this section.
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