N.Y. State Finance Law § 95-k*2: Lyme and tick-borne diseases education, research and prevention fund

* § 95-k. Lyme and tick-borne diseases education, research and

prevention fund. 1. There is hereby established in the joint custody of

the commissioner of taxation and finance and the comptroller, a special

fund to be known as the "Lyme and tick-borne diseases education,

research and prevention fund".

2. Such fund shall consist of all revenues received by the department

of taxation and finance, pursuant to the provisions of section two

hundred nine-P and section six hundred thirty-k of the tax law, and all

other moneys appropriated, credited or transferred thereto from any

other fund or source pursuant to law. Nothing in this section shall

prevent the state from receiving grants, gifts or bequests for the

purposes of the fund as defined in this section and depositing them into

the fund according to law.

3. Monies of the fund shall be expended solely for Lyme and tick-borne

diseases education, research and prevention approved by the department

of health of the state of New York, for the purpose of promoting

education, research and prevention of Lyme and tick-borne diseases.

4. Monies shall be payable from the fund on the audit and warrant of

the comptroller on vouchers approved and certified by the commissioner

of the department of health.

5. To the extent practicable, the commissioner of the department of

health shall ensure that all monies received during a fiscal year are

expended prior to the end of such fiscal year.

6. On or before the first day of February each year, the comptroller

shall certify to the governor, temporary president of the senate,

speaker of the assembly, minority leader of the senate, minority leader

of the assembly, chair of the senate finance committee and chair of the

assembly ways and means committee, the amount of money deposited in the

Lyme and tick-borne diseases education, research and prevention fund

during the preceding calendar year as the result of revenue derived

pursuant to sections two hundred nine-P and six hundred thirty-k of the

tax law.

7. On or before the first day of February each year, the commissioner

of the department of health shall provide a written report to the

temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, minority

leader of the senate, minority leader of the assembly, chair of the

senate finance committee, chair of the assembly ways and means

committee, chair of the senate committee on health, and chair of the

assembly health committee. Such report shall include how the monies of

the fund were utilized during the preceding calendar year and shall

include:

(i) the amount of money dispersed from the fund;

(ii) recipients of awards from the fund;

(iii) the amount awarded to each; and

(iv) the purposes for which such awards were granted.

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