Establishes the gun research safety fund; monies of the fund shall be expended to the department of health and the state university of New York for gun research safety; the department of health and the state university of New York shall provide grants for the purpose of advancing and financing gun research safety; makes an appropriation therefor.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
May 17, 2016
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Introduced by M. of A. TITONE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Ways and Means
AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing the
gun research safety fund; and making an appropriation therefor
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 86
to read as follows:
S 86. GUN RESEARCH SAFETY FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED IN THE
CUSTODY OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "GUN
RESEARCH SAFETY FUND".
2. THE SOURCES OF FUNDS SHALL CONSIST OF ALL MONEYS COLLECTED THERE-
FOR, OR MONEYS CREDITED, APPROPRIATED OR TRANSFERRED THERETO FROM ANY
OTHER FUND OR SOURCE PURSUANT TO LAW, OR ANY OTHER MONEYS MADE AVAILABLE
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE FUND.
3. MONIES OF THE FUND SHALL BE EXPENDED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
AND THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK FOR GUN RESEARCH SAFETY. THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK SHALL PROVIDE
GRANTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ADVANCING AND FINANCING GUN RESEARCH SAFETY.
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 HEALTH BY THE COMPTROLLER.
S 2. The commissioner of health and the chancellor of the state
university of New York shall establish regulations for the criteria for
eligibility for grants under section 86 of the state finance law.
S 3. The sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000), or so much thereof
as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to the gun research safety
fund as established pursuant to section 86 of the state finance law from
any moneys in the state treasury in the general fund to the credit of
the account not otherwise appropriated for services and expenses of the
account for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this act.
Such moneys shall be payable on the audit and warrant of the comptroller
on vouchers certified or approved by the commissioner of health in the
manner prescribed by law.
S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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