Section 19.29. Deaccessioning

Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
  the commissioner may donate a work of art or an historic or other object
  of personal property under the jurisdiction of the office  to  a  public
  corporation. The commissioner may also dispose of such property directly
  pursuant  to  a process set forth in regulation which is consistent with
  subdivision three of  section  one  hundred  sixty-seven  of  the  state
  finance  law or may transfer such property with or without conditions to
  the office of general services, and the office of general services shall
  be authorized to accept such work of art or such object and  dispose  of
  such  property  in accordance with the provisions of section one hundred
  sixty-seven of the state finance law, or at a private sale. Such work of
  art or object shall only be donated, transferred  or  sold  pursuant  to
  this section provided that:
    1.  The  commissioner  determines  such  work  of  art or object to be
  surplus to the needs of the office or the public.
    2. The work of art or object to be disposed of  is  first  documented,
  recorded  and  offered  to  the  New  York  state  museum for use in its
  collections, and if not accepted within thirty days of  such  offer,  it
  shall  be  offered  for  transfer to state agencies having a legislative
  mandate to acquire, exhibit, preserve and interpret  works  of  art  and
  historic  objects.  Proceeds  derived  from  the  deaccessioning  of any
  property from the collections of the office shall be deposited into  the
  state   park   infrastructure   fund  established  pursuant  to  section
  ninety-seven-mm of the state finance law and shall be used only for  the
  acquisition  of  collections and/or for the preservation, protection and
  care of the collections, including capital projects relating thereto.