§ 97-E — Forest preserve expansion fund

§ 97-e. Forest preserve expansion fund. 1. There is hereby established\nin the state treasury a special fund, to be known as the forest preserve\nexpansion fund, which shall consist of and into which shall be paid all\nmoneys derived from the sale of certain forest preserve lands specified\nin section twenty-four of the public lands law, monies received from a\nproject sponsor of an eligible project for a health and safety land\naccount transaction pursuant to section 9-2101 of the environmental\nconservation law and such other moneys as may be paid into said fund\npursuant to law. The moneys in such fund shall be expended only for the\nacquisition of additional lands for the forest preserve within either\nthe Adirondack or Catskill park as now fixed by law. Upon appropriation\nby the legislature, the department of environmental conservation may use\nsuch moneys or any portion thereof for the acquisition of such\nadditional lands subject to the approval of title thereto by the\nattorney general. All payments from such fund shall be made by the\ndepartment of taxation and finance after audit by and upon warrant of\nthe comptroller, on vouchers approved by the commissioner of\nenvironmental conservation.\n 2. The commissioner of environmental conservation is authorized to\naccept, in the name of the people of the state of New York, any gift or\nbequest of moneys to be paid into such forest preserve expansion fund\nand to be expended and disbursed as provided in subdivision one of this\nsection.\n