§ 92-W — Missing and exploited children clearinghouse fund

§ 92-w. Missing and exploited children clearinghouse fund. 1. A\nspecial fund to be known as the "missing and exploited children\nclearinghouse fund" is hereby established in the custody of the state\ncomptroller and the commissioner of taxation and finance.\n 2. The fund shall consist of all monies transferred to such fund\npursuant to law, all monies required by any provision of law to be paid\ninto or credited to the fund, all moneys from gifts pursuant to section\nsix hundred twenty-eight of the tax law and any interest earnings which\nmay accrue from the investment of monies in the fund. Nothing contained\nherein shall prevent the state from receiving grants, gifts or bequests\nfor the purposes of the fund as defined in this section and depositing\nthem into the fund according to law.\n 2-a. On or before the first day of February each year, the director of\nthe division of criminal justice services shall provide a written report\nto the temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, chair\nof the senate finance committee, chair of the assembly ways and means\ncommittee, chair of the senate committee on codes, chair of the assembly\ncodes committee, the state comptroller and the public. Such report shall\ninclude how the monies of the fund were utilized during the preceding\ncalendar year, and shall include:\n (i) the amount of money dispersed from the fund and the award process\nused for such disbursements;\n (ii) recipients of awards from the fund;\n (iii) the amount awarded to each;\n (iv) the purposes for which such awards were granted; and\n (v) a summary financial plan for such monies which shall include\nestimates of all receipts and all disbursements for the current and\nsucceeding fiscal years, along with the actual results from the prior\nfiscal year.\n 3. Monies of the fund, when allocated, shall be available to the\ndivision of criminal justice services for the enhancement of public\ninformation and prevention education efforts including production of\nprint, video and radio advertising materials, brochures, pamphlets and\noutdoor advertising, or for any other activity or purpose that will aid\nin the prevention of the exploitation of children or in the recovery of\nmissing and exploited children, as deemed necessary by the missing and\nexploited children clearinghouse created pursuant to section eight\nhundred thirty-seven-f of the executive law.\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 division of criminal justice services.\n