NY State Fin L § 86 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 6 - Funds of the State 86 - Gun Violence Research Fund.

§  86.  Gun  violence research fund. 1. There is hereby established in the joint custody of the  state  comptroller  and  the  commissioner  of taxation  and  finance  a  special fund to be known as the "gun violence research fund".   2. Such fund shall consist of all revenues received by the  department of  taxation  and  finance,  pursuant  to  the provisions of section six hundred thirty-i of the tax  law  and  all  other  monies  appropriated, credited,  or transferred thereto from any other fund or source pursuant to law.  Nothing contained herein shall prevent the state from receiving grants, gifts or bequests for the purposes of the  fund  as  defined  in this section and depositing them into the fund according to law.   3.  (a)  Monies  of  the  fund  shall be expended to the department of health and the state university of New York for gun  violence  research. The  department  of  health  and  the state university of New York shall provide grants for the purpose of advancing and financing  gun  violence research.  (b)  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of section one hundred sixty-three  of  this  chapter,  the  commissioner  of  health  and  the chancellor  of  the state university of New York are authorized to enter into a contract or contracts under paragraph  (a)  of  this  subdivision without  a  competitive  bid  or request for proposal process, provided, however, that:  (i) The department of health and the  state  university  of  New  York shall post on their websites, for a period of no less than thirty days:  (1)  a description of the proposed services to be provided pursuant to the contract or contracts;  (2) the criteria for selection of a contractor or contractors;  (3) the period of time during which a prospective contractor may  seek selection,   which  shall  be  no  less  than  thirty  days  after  such information is first posted on the websites; and  (4) the manner  by  which  a  prospective  contractor  may  seek  such selection, which may include submission by electronic means.  (ii)  All reasonable and responsive submissions that are received from prospective contractors in a timely fashion shall  be  reviewed  by  the commissioner of health and the chancellor of the state university of New York; and  (iii)  The  commissioner  of  health  and  the chancellor of the state university of New York shall select such contractor or contractors that, in their discretion, are best suited  to  serve  the  purposes  of  this section.   4.  (a)  On  or  before  the  first  day  of  February  each year, the comptroller shall certify to the governor, temporary  president  of  the senate,  speaker  of the assembly, chair of the senate finance committee and chair of the assembly ways and means committee, the amount of  money deposited  by  each  source  in the New York state gun violence research fund during the preceding calendar year as the result of revenue derived pursuant to section six hundred thirty-i of the tax  law  and  from  all other sources.  (b) On or before the first day of February each year, the commissioner of health in coordination with the chancellor of the state university of New  York  shall  provide a written report to the temporary president of the senate, speaker  of  the  assembly,  chair  of  the  senate  finance committee,  chair of the assembly ways and means committee, chair of the senate committee on health, chair of the assembly health committee,  the state  comptroller  and the public. Such report shall include how monies of the fund were utilized during the preceding calendar year  and  shall include:  (i)  the amount of money disbursed from the fund and the award process used for such disbursements;  (ii) recipients of awards from the fund;  (iii) the amount awarded to each;  (iv) the purposes for which such awards were granted; and  (v)  a  summary  financial  plan  for  such monies which shall include estimates of all receipts and all  disbursements  for  the  current  and succeeding  fiscal  years,  along with the actual results from the prior fiscal year.   5. Monies shall be payable from the fund on the audit and  warrant  of the comptroller on vouchers approved by the comptroller.   6.  Contractors  awarded grants from funds disbursed from this section for the purpose of gun violence research shall, when their research  has concluded,  provide  a written report of their findings to the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chair  of  the senate  finance  committee,  the  chair  of  the assembly ways and means committee, the chair of the senate committee on health, the chair of the assembly health committee, the state comptroller and the public.