Section 9.15. Cooperation and assistance of other agencies

1. To effect the
  purposes   of  this  article,  the  corporation  may  request  from  any
  department, division, commission, or other agency of the state, and  the
  same  are  authorized  and  directed  to  provide  such  cooperation and
  assistance and services of  processing  payroll  for  the  corporation's
  state  employees  and  other  services  as  would enable the corporation
  properly to carry out its powers and duties hereunder.
    2. The inventory of physical and other assets including the rights  to
  certain  plays  and  other  works  belonging  to  the empire state youth
  theatre institute located at the state  university  at  Albany,  at  the
  research  foundation  of  the  state  university and at the empire state
  performing arts center shall  be  transferred  to  the  New  York  state
  theatre institute corporation and shall be made immediately available to
  the corporation for its production, education and operations programs in
  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  this article.   The transfer of such
  inventory shall be conducted  in  consultation  with  the  empire  state
  performing  arts  center,  and  shall  be subject to the approval of the
  commissioner of the office of general services.