N.Y. State Finance Law § 97-j: Firearm violence research fund

§ 97-j. Firearm violence research 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 firearm violence research

fund.

2. The firearm violence research fund shall consist of all moneys

credited or transferred thereto from any other fund or source, including

any federal, state, or private funds, pursuant to law for the purposes

of firearm violence research.

3. Moneys in the firearm violence research fund may be invested by the

comptroller pursuant to section ninety-eight-a of this article, and any

income received by the comptroller shall be used for the purposes of

such fund.

4. The moneys held in or credited to the fund shall be expended for

the purposes set forth in this section, and may not be interchanged or

commingled with any other account or fund but may be commingled with any

other fund or account for investment purposes.

5. Moneys in the firearm violence research fund, following

appropriation by the legislature, shall be available to the New York

firearm violence research institute for its activities as set forth in

section three hundred fifty-five-e of the education law.