N.Y. State Finance Law § 97-ee: New York Great Lakes protection fund

§ 97-ee. New York Great Lakes protection fund. 1. There is hereby

established in the joint custody of the state comptroller and the

commissioner of taxation and finance a fund to be known as the "New York

Great Lakes protection fund". Such fund shall consist of revenues

received from the Great Lakes protection fund and all other moneys,

credited or transferred thereto from any other fund or source pursuant

to law.

2. Moneys of the New York Great Lakes protection fund, within amounts

appropriated by the legislature, may be expended only for programs or

grants to supplement existing Great Lakes research and protection

programs consistent with the purposes of the Great Lakes protection fund

agreement including the following:

(a) Research on the economic, environmental and human health effects

of contamination in the Great Lakes;

(b) The collection and analysis of data on the Great Lakes;

(c) The development of new or improved environmental cleanup

technologies applicable to the Great Lakes;

(d) Research to assess the effectiveness of pollution control policies

affecting the Great Lakes; and

(e) The assessment of the health of the Great Lakes fish, wildlife,

waterfowl and other organisms.

3. Moneys shall be paid out of the fund on the audit and warrant of

the state comptroller on vouchers certified or approved by the

commissioner of the department of environmental conservation, as the

contract administrator for the New York Great Lakes protection program,

for which the department will enter into contracts with qualified

parties to carry out the program submitted by the Great Lakes Basin

advisory council.

4. Any income earned on moneys in the New York Great Lakes protection

fund shall be added to and used for the purposes of such fund.