NY Pub Auth L § 2616 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBA - Public Authorities Article 8 - Miscellaneous Authorities Title 28 - New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority 2616 - Appropriations by the State.

§ 2616. Appropriations by the state. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions   of any general or special law, the director of the budget shall transfer   to   the   authority  from  funds  appropriated  to  the  department  of   environmental conservation for the fiscal year  beginning  April  first,   nineteen  hundred  eighty-one,  the amount necessary including an amount   for general state charges to provide for the operation of  participating   olympic  facilities  pursuant  to agreements made with state agencies in   accordance with section twenty-six hundred fourteen of this title.2. On or before August fifteenth, nineteen hundred eighty-one, and  on   each  August  fifteenth thereafter the chair of the authority shall make   and deliver to the director of the budget for his or  her  approval  and   for  submission  to  the  legislature  a budget for the operation of the   authority for the forthcoming fiscal year of the state. The chair of the   authority shall deliver a copy of such budget to the chair of the senate   finance committee and the chair of the assembly ways and means committee   at the same time that the budget is delivered to  the  director  of  the   budget. The budget shall delineate the total amount needed for authority   purposes, including the funds required by the authority for operation of   the  olympic  facilities, the Gore Mountain ski center and the Belleayre   Mountain ski center pursuant  to  agreements  made  in  accordance  with   sections  twenty-six  hundred  twelve and twenty-six hundred fourteen of   this title, the source of  all  funds  that  the  authority  expects  to   receive  and  such other information as the director of the budget shall   require. The director of the budget shall approve  the  budget  for  the   operation  of  the  authority and the governor shall recommend in his or   her annual budget appropriations to the authority if the director of the   budget determines that  the  budget  demonstrates  that  the  authority,   without  operating  at a deficit, can continue in the forthcoming fiscal   year of the state, in the exercise of its  corporate  purposes,  powers,   duties  and  functions  with  the appropriations from the state and park   district  in  the  amounts  determined  in  accordance   with   sections   twenty-six  hundred twelve and twenty-six hundred fourteen of this title   and income received by the authority from other sources. The director of   the budget shall notify the park  district,  the  chair  of  the  senate   finance committee and the chair of the assembly ways and means committee   not later than October first of each year whether or not he has approved   the budget.3. The state may appropriate and provide to the authority an amount of   money determined in accordance with paragraph (g) of subdivision two and   with  subdivision  three  of section twenty-six hundred fourteen of this   title.4. To further assist the  authority  in  carrying  out  its  corporate   purposes,  the governor shall recommend to the legislature in his annual   budget appropriation of such funds as may be available for such purposes   from the earnings and accumulated  income  upon  the  principal  of  the   winter  sports  education  trust  fund,  pursuant to subdivision four of   section four hundred ninety-five-a of the education law.5. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or  special  law,  no   part  of  such  appropriations  shall  be  available  for  the  purposes   designated until a certificate of approval of  availability  shall  have   been issued by the director of the budget and a copy of such certificate   is  filed with the state comptroller, the chairman of the senate finance   committee and the chairman of the assembly  ways  and  means  committee.   Such  certificate  may  be  amended  from  time  to time, subject to the   approval of the director  of  the  budget,  and  a  copy  of  each  such   amendment shall be filed with the state comptroller, the chairman of the   senate finance committee and the chairman of the assembly ways and means   committee. 6.   Notwithstanding   the   provisions   of   section   four  hundred   ninety-five-a of the education law,  the  sum  of  seven  hundred  fifty   thousand  dollars  ($750,000),  is  hereby appropriated to the authority   from the accumulated earnings upon the principal of  the  winter  sports   education trust fund.