N.Y. State Finance Law § 99-f: Spinal cord injury research trust fund

§ 99-f. Spinal cord injury research trust 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 "spinal

cord injury research trust fund".

2. The fund shall consist of all monies appropriated for its purpose,

all monies required by this section or any other provision of law to be

paid into or credited to such fund, and monies of at least eight million

five hundred thousand dollars collected by the mandatory surcharges

imposed pursuant to subdivision one of section eighteen hundred nine of

the vehicle and traffic law. Nothing contained herein shall prevent the

department of health 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, when allocated, shall be available for

administrative costs of the spinal cord injury research board

established pursuant to title four of article two of the public health

law and for funding spinal cord injury research projects administered by

such board.

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

the state comptroller on vouchers approved and certified by the

commissioner of health.