§ 99-F — Spinal cord injury research trust fund

§ 99-f. Spinal cord injury research trust fund. 1. There is hereby\nestablished in the joint custody of the state comptroller and the\ncommissioner of taxation and finance a fund to be known as the "spinal\ncord injury research trust fund".\n 2. The fund shall consist of all monies appropriated for its purpose,\nall monies required by this section or any other provision of law to be\npaid into or credited to such fund, and monies of at least eight million\nfive hundred thousand dollars collected by the mandatory surcharges\nimposed pursuant to subdivision one of section eighteen hundred nine of\nthe vehicle and traffic law. Nothing contained herein shall prevent the\ndepartment of health 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, when allocated, shall be available for\nadministrative costs of the spinal cord injury research board\nestablished pursuant to title four of article two of the public health\nlaw and for funding spinal cord injury research projects administered by\nsuch board.\n 4. Monies shall be payable from the fund on the audit and warrant of\nthe state comptroller on vouchers approved and certified by the\ncommissioner of health.\n