§ 97-I — New York state local government records management improvement fund

§ 97-i. New York state local government records management improvement\nfund. 1. There is hereby established in the joint custody of the state\ncomptroller and the commissioner of taxation and finance a special fund\nto be known as the New York state local government records management\nimprovement fund.\n 2. Such fund shall consist of revenues derived from the imposition of\nthe additional fee authorized pursuant to the third undesignated\nparagraph of subdivision (a) of section eight thousand eighteen,\nsubparagraph b of paragraph four of subdivision (a) of section eight\nthousand twenty-one, subparagraph b of paragraph eleven of subdivision\n(b) of section eight thousand twenty-one of the civil practice law and\nrules, and subdivision one of section 7-614 of the administrative code\nof the city of New York, all monies required by section 57.35 of the\narts and cultural affairs law to be paid into or credited to the fund,\nany advances hereafter made by the state to the fund in anticipation of\nbeing reimbursed by such fund, and any other monies credited or\ntransferred thereto from any other fund or sources pursuant to law.\n 3. The monies in such fund, when allocated, shall be available as\nfollows: (i) two million three hundred thousand dollars per year\nadjusted annually to reflect the direct and indirect charges resulting\nfrom negotiated salary increases may be used for payment of necessary\nand reasonable expenses incurred by the commissioner of education in\ncarrying out the advisory services required in subdivision one of\nsection 57.23 of the arts and cultural affairs law and to implement\nsections 57.21, 57.35 and 57.37 of the arts and cultural affairs law;\n(ii) not less than five hundred thousand dollars per year shall be made\navailable to the Documentary Heritage program as provided in section 140\nof the education law; (iii) not less than three hundred thousand dollars\nper year shall be made available to the New York state archives\npartnership trust established in chapter 758 of the laws of 1992; and\n(iv) the remainder of the monies in the fund shall be used for the award\nof grants to individual local governments or groups of cooperating local\ngovernments as provided in section 57.35 of the arts and cultural\naffairs law.\n 4. Monies shall be payable from the fund on the audit and warrant of\nthe comptroller on vouchers approved by the commissioner of education or\nby an officer or employee of the commissioner of education designated by\nthe commissioner of education.\n