§ 91-G — Senior wellness in nutrition fund

§ 91-g. Senior wellness in nutrition fund. 1. There is hereby\nestablished in the joint custody of the commissioner of taxation and\nfinance and the comptroller, a special fund to be known as the "senior\nwellness in nutrition fund".\n 2. Such fund shall consist of all revenues received by the department\nof taxation and finance, pursuant to the provisions of section two\nhundred nine-M and section six hundred twenty-six-a of the tax law, and\nall other moneys appropriated, credited or transferred thereto from any\nother fund or source pursuant to law. Nothing in this section shall\nprevent the state from receiving grants, gifts or bequests for the\npurposes of the fund as defined in this section and depositing them into\nthe fund according to law.\n 3. Monies of the fund shall be expended solely for senior wellness in\nnutrition programs approved by the state office for the aging, for the\npurpose of providing home delivered meals to seniors.\n 4. Monies shall be payable from the fund on the audit and warrant of\nthe comptroller on vouchers approved and certified by the director of\nthe state office for the aging.\n 5. To the extent practicable, the director of the state office for the\naging shall ensure that all monies received during a fiscal year are\nexpended prior to the end of such fiscal year.\n 6. On or before the first day of February each year, the comptroller\nshall certify to the governor, temporary president of the senate,\nspeaker of the assembly, chair of the senate finance committee and chair\nof the assembly ways and means committee, the amount of money deposited\nin the senior wellness in nutrition fund during the preceding calendar\nyear as the result of revenue derived pursuant to sections two hundred\nnine-M and six hundred twenty-six-a of the tax law.\n 7. On or before the first day of February each year, the director of\nthe state office for the aging shall provide a written report to the\ntemporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, chair of the\nsenate finance committee, chair of the assembly ways and means\ncommittee, chair of the senate committee on aging, and chair of the\nassembly aging committee. Such report shall include how the monies of\nthe fund were utilized during the preceding calendar year and shall\ninclude:\n (i) the amount of money dispersed from the fund;\n (ii) recipients of awards from the fund;\n (iii) the amount awarded to each; and\n (iv) the purposes for which such awards were granted.\n