527-E - New facility operation agreements.

§ 527-e. New  facility operation agreements. 1. The division is hereby  authorized  to  enter  into  new  facility  operation  agreements   with  not-for-profit  corporations.  Such  agreements  shall  provide  for the  operation of a program by a not-for-profit corporation at a youth center  constructed by or on behalf of the division and to which the state holds  title. Any not-for-profit corporation which  seeks  to  operate  such  a  program  shall  submit  an  application  to  the  division in the manner  provided for in this  title.  In  addition  to  any  other  requirements  imposed  pursuant  to section five hundred twenty-seven-g of this title,  any such agreement shall provide that the lease from the  state  to  the  not-for-profit  corporation  shall provide that, in lieu of any periodic  rental or lease payment for use  of  the  facility,  the  not-for-profit  corporation  shall  continue  to  operate  the program as approved for a  period of time as approved by the division (not exceeding thirty  years)  and that the responsibility for the general maintenance and operation of  the   facility   shall  be  the  responsibility  of  the  not-for-profit  corporation.    2. At the request of a municipality, the division may enter into a new  facility operation agreement wherein the municipality operates a program  at a youth center constructed by or on behalf of  the  division  and  to  which  the  state  holds  title,  or  such  program  is  operated  by  a  not-for-profit corporation, pursuant to a contract with the division  or  a municipality.