97-N - Hudson river valley greenway fund.
§ 97-n. Hudson river valley greenway 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 Hudson river valley greenway fund. 2. The comptroller shall establish two separate and distinct accounts within the fund: the greenway communities council account and the greenway heritage conservancy account. 3. Such fund shall consist of all moneys appropriated for the purpose of such fund and all moneys transferred to such fund pursuant to law. Any interest earned by the investment of moneys in such fund shall be added to such fund, become a part of such fund, and be used for the purpose of such fund. 4. Moneys of such fund shall be available for appropriation and allocation only to the Hudson river valley greenway communities council and the greenway heritage conservancy of the Hudson river valley for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of article forty-four of the environmental conservation law. 5. The moneys of the fund shall be paid out on the audit and warrant of the comptroller on vouchers certified or approved by the chairman of the Hudson river valley greenway communities council or his duly designated representative from the greenway communities council account and by the chairman of the greenway heritage conservancy from the greenway heritage conservancy account. 6. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law, no moneys shall be available from the fund until a certificate of allocation and a schedule of amounts to be available therefor shall have been issued by the director of the budget, and a copy of such certificate filed with the comptroller. Such certificate may be amended from time to time by the director of the budget and a copy of each such amendment shall be filed with the comptroller.