N.Y. STF Law § 99-EE

§ 99-ee. Down's syndrome research fund. 1. There is hereby established\nin the joint custody of the commissioner of taxation and finance and the\ncomptroller a fund to be known as the "Down's syndrome research fund".\n 2. Such fund shall consist of all revenues received pursuant to\nsection four hundred four-ee of the vehicle and traffic law and all\nother moneys appropriated, credited or transferred thereto from any\nother fund or source pursuant to law. Nothing contained in this section\nshall prevent the state from receiving grants, gifts or bequests for the\npurposes of the fund as defined in this section and depositing them into\nthe fund according to law.\n 2-a. On or before the first day of February each year, the comptroller\nshall certify to the governor, temporary president of the senate,\nspeaker of the assembly, chair of the senate finance committee and chair\nof the assembly ways and means committee, the amount of money deposited\nin the Down's syndrome research fund during the preceding calendar year\nas the result of revenue derived pursuant to section four hundred\nfour-ee of the vehicle and traffic law and from grants, gifts and\nbequests.\n 2-b. On or before the first day of February each year, the\ncommissioner of the office for people with developmental disabilities\nshall provide a written report to the temporary president of the senate,\nspeaker of the assembly, chair of the senate finance committee, chair of\nthe assembly ways and means committee, chair of the senate committee on\nmental health and developmental disabilities, chair of the assembly\ncommittee on mental health, the state comptroller and the public. Such\nreport shall include how the monies of the fund were utilized during the\npreceding calendar year, and shall include:\n (i) the amount of money disbursed from the fund and the award process\nused for such disbursements;\n (ii) recipients of awards from the fund;\n (iii) the amount awarded to each;\n (iv) the purposes for which such awards were granted; and\n (v) a summary financial plan for such monies which shall include\nestimates of all receipts and all disbursements for the current and\nsucceeding fiscal years, along with the actual results from the prior\nfiscal year.\n 3. Monies of the fund shall be expended only for Down's syndrome\nresearch projects approved by the office for people with developmental\ndisabilities in New York state. As used in this section, the term\n"Down's syndrome research project" means scientific research approved by\nthe office for people with developmental disabilities into the causes,\nprevention, screening, treatment and cure of Down's syndrome.\n 4. Monies shall be payable from the fund on the audit and warrant of\nthe comptroller on vouchers approved and certified by the commissioner\nof the office for people with developmental disabilities.\n 5. To the extent practicable, the commissioner of the office for\npeople with developmental disabilities shall ensure that all monies\nreceived during a fiscal year are expended prior to the end of that\nfiscal year.\n