Section 10.07. Objectives

The  Institute  for  the Hudson River Collection
  shall:
    1. Take steps to develop, enhance, stimulate and facilitate public and
  private study and  appreciation  and  interpretation  of  the  heritage,
  legacy and patrimony of the Hudson river area.
    2.  Support  research, publications, educational programs and artistic
  works interpreting the cultural and natural history of the Hudson  river
  valley  and  advise  and  assist  any  state  department, board, bureau,
  commission or other agency, or political subdivision of  the  state,  in
  the  preparation  and  distribution  of  publications  by  such agencies
  concerning the Hudson river area.
    3. Facilitate statewide, interstate and  international  collaborations
  and  exchange  programs of art, artists and scholars on the Hudson river
  school of painting and the art history of the Hudson river valley.
    4. Maintain and make accessible a comprehensive record of the artistic
  and cultural materials that document the heritage of  the  Hudson  river
  valley.
    5.  Contract  with  other  cultural institutions for the management of
  projects which it initiates or facilitates.
    6. Accept and disburse private and public grants, gifts, contributions
  and bequests made in furtherance of its purposes.
    7. Conduct such surveys as may be necessary, required  or  appropriate
  of  the  public  and  private  institutions  and  individuals engaged in
  cultural and artistic activities in the  Hudson  river  area,  and  make
  recommendations  on  means  to  encourage  and expand public and private
  interest in the Hudson river area.
    8. Hold public hearings on matters pertinent  or  appropriate  to  its
  purposes.
    9.  Enter  into  contracts,  within  the amounts appropriated therefor
  pursuant  to  section  ninety-two-q  of  the  state  finance  law,  with
  individuals,  organizations  and  institutions for cooperative endeavors
  furthering the cultural and artistic interests of the Hudson river  area
  and the objectives stated in this article.
    10. Establish a New York state Hudson river art collection composed of
  public  and private holdings. The institute shall catalogue works of art
  in the New York state Hudson river art collection.
    11. Make  and  sign  any  agreements  and  do  and  perform  any  acts
  necessary,  desirable  or  appropriate to carry out the purposes of this
  article.