NY State Fin L § 97-WWW (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 6 - Funds of the State 97-WWW - Cuba Lake Management Fund.

* §  97-www. Cuba lake management fund. 1. There is hereby established in the joint custody  of  the  state  comptroller  and  commissioner  of taxation  and  finance  a  special  fund  to  be known as the "Cuba lake management fund".   2. The Cuba  lake  management  fund  shall  consist  of  all  revenues collected  from  the rental or lease of state lands within the Cuba Lake district, as established by chapter two hundred sixty-three of the  laws of  nineteen  hundred  eighty-one, and paid pursuant to a lease or other agreement entered into after the effective date of this section.   3.  The  monies  of  the  Cuba   lake   management   fund,   following appropriation  by  the  legislature and the issuance of a certificate of approval by the director of the budget, shall be made available for  the following purposes:  (a)  payment  of  fees,  pursuant to a contract approved in accordance with all applicable statutes, to a contractor or contractors for capital improvements to the lands and appurtenant structures necessary  for  the continued  protection  and preservation of the impoundment area known as the Oil Creek reservoir;  (b) payment of fees, pursuant to a  contract  approved  in  accordance with  all applicable statutes, to the Cuba Lake district or other entity identified by the commissioner of general services, for the  purpose  of management of the Cuba Lake district, including, without limitation, for the  services  of collection of rentals or other fees related to the use or occupation of state owned lands within such  district  or  for  other such  purpose  as  the commissioner of general services shall determine; and  (c) payment of fees, pursuant to a  contract  approved  in  accordance with  all applicable statutes, to a contractor or contractors, which may include the Cuba Lake district, for the establishment and maintenance of public access to the waters of Cuba lake for the  purposes  of  fishing, boating and other recreational uses.   4.  No monies deposited to the Cuba lake management fund shall be made available for the purposes  set  forth  in  subdivision  three  of  this section  until  such  time  as  the  Cuba  Lake  district  shall  assume responsibility for the collection  and  payment  to  the  state  of  all outstanding  rentals  or  fees  for the use and occupancy of state owned lands within such district for any period prior to the effective date of this section and for the collection and payment to  the  state  for  the deposit  into such fund of all rentals or fees for the use and occupancy of state owned lands within the said Cuba Lake district for  any  period subsequent to the effective date of this section.   5.  Any  income  earned on moneys within the Cuba lake management fund shall be added to and made available for the purposes of such fund.   6. Any monies deposited into the Cuba lake management fund  in  excess of  the  amounts  necessary to accomplish the purposes thereof shall, at the end of each state fiscal year, be transferred to and deposited  into the general fund of the state.   7.  Moneys  shall  be paid out of the Cuba lake management fund on the audit and warrant of the state  comptroller  on  vouchers  certified  or approved by the commissioner of general services.   8.  If  after  having  assumed  responsibility  for the collection and payment to the state of all outstanding rentals  or  fees,  pursuant  to subdivision  four  of  this  section,  and after having exerted its best efforts to collect rentals or fees for the use and  occupancy  of  state owned lands within the Cuba Lake district, such district shall determine that  one  or  more  accounts  are  not collectable by it, the Cuba Lake district shall identify each such account to the commissioner of general  services with a request that such account be referred  to  the  attorney general for collection or eviction.   * NB There are 5 § 97-www's