§ 97-ee. New York Great Lakes protection fund. 1. There is hereby established in the joint custody of the state comptroller and the commissioner of taxation and finance a fund to be known as the "New York Great Lakes protection fund". Such fund shall consist of revenues received from the Great Lakes protection fund and all other moneys, credited or transferred thereto from any other fund or source pursuant to law.

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2. Moneys of the New York Great Lakes protection fund, within amounts appropriated by the legislature, may be expended only for programs or grants to supplement existing Great Lakes research and protection programs consistent with the purposes of the Great Lakes protection fund agreement including the following:

(a) Research on the economic, environmental and human health effects of contamination in the Great Lakes;

(b) The collection and analysis of data on the Great Lakes;

(c) The development of new or improved environmental cleanup technologies applicable to the Great Lakes;

(d) Research to assess the effectiveness of pollution control policies affecting the Great Lakes; and

(e) The assessment of the health of the Great Lakes fish, wildlife, waterfowl and other organisms.

3. Moneys shall be paid out of the fund on the audit and warrant of the state comptroller on vouchers certified or approved by the commissioner of the department of environmental conservation, as the contract administrator for the New York Great Lakes protection program, for which the department will enter into contracts with qualified parties to carry out the program submitted by the Great Lakes Basin advisory council.

4. Any income earned on moneys in the New York Great Lakes protection fund shall be added to and used for the purposes of such fund.