N.Y. State Finance Law § 97-e: Forest preserve expansion fund

§ 97-e. Forest preserve expansion fund. 1. There is hereby established

in the state treasury a special fund, to be known as the forest preserve

expansion fund, which shall consist of and into which shall be paid all

moneys derived from the sale of certain forest preserve lands specified

in section twenty-four of the public lands law, monies received from a

project sponsor of an eligible project for a health and safety land

account transaction pursuant to section 9-2101 of the environmental

conservation law and such other moneys as may be paid into said fund

pursuant to law. The moneys in such fund shall be expended only for the

acquisition of additional lands for the forest preserve within either

the Adirondack or Catskill park as now fixed by law. Upon appropriation

by the legislature, the department of environmental conservation may use

such moneys or any portion thereof for the acquisition of such

additional lands subject to the approval of title thereto by the

attorney general. All payments from such fund shall be made by the

department of taxation and finance after audit by and upon warrant of

the comptroller, on vouchers approved by the commissioner of

environmental conservation.

2. The commissioner of environmental conservation is authorized to

accept, in the name of the people of the state of New York, any gift or

bequest of moneys to be paid into such forest preserve expansion fund

and to be expended and disbursed as provided in subdivision one of this

section.