2023 New York Laws › STF - State Finance › Article 6 - Funds of the State › 99-EE - Down's Syndrome Research Fund.

§ 99-ee. Down's syndrome research fund. 1. There is hereby established
in the joint custody of the commissioner of taxation and finance and the
comptroller a fund to be known as the "Down's syndrome research fund".
2.  Such  fund  shall  consist  of  all  revenues received pursuant to
section four hundred four-ee of the vehicle  and  traffic  law  and  all
other  moneys  appropriated,  credited  or  transferred thereto from any
other fund or source pursuant to law. Nothing contained in this  section
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.
2-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
in  the Down's syndrome research fund during the preceding calendar year
as the result of  revenue  derived  pursuant  to  section  four  hundred
four-ee  of  the  vehicle  and  traffic  law  and from grants, gifts and
bequests.
2-b.  On  or  before  the  first  day  of  February  each  year,   the
commissioner  of  the  office for people with developmental disabilities
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
mental  health  and  developmental  disabilities,  chair of the assembly
committee on mental health, the state comptroller and the  public.  Such
report shall include how the 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.
3.  Monies  of  the  fund  shall  be expended only for Down's syndrome
research projects approved by the office for people  with  developmental
disabilities  in  New  York  state.  As  used  in this section, the term
"Down's syndrome research project" means scientific research approved by
the office for people with developmental disabilities into  the  causes,
prevention, screening, treatment and cure of Down's syndrome.
4.  Monies  shall be payable from the fund on the audit and warrant of
the comptroller on vouchers approved and certified by  the  commissioner
of the office for people with developmental disabilities.
5.  To  the  extent  practicable,  the  commissioner of the office for
people with developmental disabilities  shall  ensure  that  all  monies
received  during  a  fiscal  year  are expended prior to the end of that
fiscal year.