N.Y. State Finance Law § 97-pppp: Lupus research and education fund

* § 97-pppp. Lupus research and education fund. 1. There is hereby

established in the joint custody of the commissioner of taxation and

finance and the comptroller a fund to be known as the "lupus research

and education fund".

2. Such fund shall consist of all revenues received pursuant to

section four hundred four-y of the vehicle and traffic law, and all

other moneys appropriated, credited or transferred thereto from any

other fund or source pursuant to law. Nothing contained 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.

2-a. 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, chair of the senate finance committee and chair

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

in the lupus research and education fund during the preceding calendar

year as the result of revenue derived pursuant to section four hundred

four-y of the vehicle and traffic law and from grants, gifts and

bequests.

2-b. On or before the first day of February each year, the

commissioner of health shall provide a written report to the temporary

president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, chair of the senate

finance committee, chair of the assembly ways and means committee, chair

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

committee, the state comptroller and the public. 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 disbursed from the fund and the award process

used for such disbursements;

(ii) recipients of awards from the fund;

(iii) the amount awarded to each;

(iv) the purposes for which such awards were granted; and

(v) a summary financial plan for such moneys which shall include

estimates of all receipts and all disbursements for the current and

succeeding fiscal years, along with the actual results from the prior

fiscal year.

3. Moneys of the fund shall be expended only for lupus research

projects and lupus education projects approved by the department of

health in New York state. As used in this section, the term "lupus

research project" means scientific research approved by the department

of health into the causes and/or treatment of lupus, and the term "lupus

education project" means a project approved by the department of health

aimed toward educating the general public about the causes, symptoms,

and treatment of lupus.

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

the comptroller on vouchers approved and certified by the commissioner

of health.

5. To the extent practicable, the commissioner of health shall ensure

that all moneys received during a fiscal year are expended prior to the

end of that fiscal year.

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