2023 New York Laws › PAR - Parks, recreation and historic preservation › Title C - Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation › Article 15 - Park and Recreation Land Acquisition Bond Acts › 15.01 - Allocation of Monies.

§ 15.01 Allocation of monies. 1. The moneys received by the state from
the  sale  of  bonds  sold  pursuant  to  the  park  and recreation land
acquisition bond acts of nineteen hundred  sixty  and  nineteen  hundred
sixty-two  shall be expended for the following purposes in the following
amounts, as heretofore established:
(a) For the acquisition of real  property  for  state  park  purposes,
thirty million dollars ($30,000,000.00);
(b)  For the acquisition of real property for other than state park or
municipal park purposes, to provide additional opportunities for outdoor
recreation, including public camping, fishing, hunting, boating,  winter
sports,   and,  wherever  possible,  to  also  serve  multiple  purposes
involving  the  conservation  and  development  of  natural   resources,
including  the  preservation  of  scenic  areas,  watershed  protection,
forestry and reforestation, twenty million dollars ($20,000,000.00);
(c) For state aid in the amount of seventy-five percent of the cost of
acquisition of real property for parks by cities other than the city  of
New  York, or by improvement districts within cities other than the city
of New York, twelve million dollars ($12,000,000.00);
(d) For state aid in the amount of seventy-five percent of the cost of
acquisition of real property for parks by the city of New  York,  or  by
improvement     districts    therein,    seventeen    million    dollars
($17,000,000.00);
(e) For state aid in the amount of seventy-five per cent of  the  cost
of  acquisition of land for parks by counties, towns and villages, or by
improvement    districts    therein,    twenty-one    million    dollars
($21,000,000.00).
(f)  Notwithstanding  the provisions of paragraphs (c) and (e) of this
subdivision, in the case of neighborhood parks established  or  expanded
pursuant  to  paragraph  (c) of subdivision three of section 15.05, such
total unencumbered on subsequent unencumbered  sum  as  of  July  first,
nineteen  hundred  seventy-six,  reserved  out  of the funds provided in
paragraph (c) of this subdivision shall be expended for state aid in the
amount of seventy-five percent  of  the  cost  of  acquisition  of  real
property for neighborhood parks by any cities other than the city of New
York,  counties,  towns or villages, or by improvement districts therein
pursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision two of section 15.03.
2. The unused or unobligated balance of  any  amount  to  be  expended
pursuant  to  subdivision one of this section for a specific purpose may
be  allocated  by  the  governor,  upon  the   recommendation   of   the
commissioner,   to  one  or  more  other  purposes  set  forth  in  such
subdivision, provided that the amount to be expended for any one purpose
shall not be reduced or increased by more than  thirty  per  cent.  Such
allocation  of  any  unused or unobligated balance shall be evidenced by
the certificate of the governor filed with the state comptroller and the
director of the budget.
3. For the purpose of computing the grant of aid made by the state  to
a  municipality,  the  cost  of  acquisition  shall be not more than the
amount  set  forth  in  the  application  for  state  aid  made  by  the
municipality  and  approved  by the commissioner pursuant to subdivision
two of section 15.03, plus any direct incidental costs approved  by  the
state comptroller.