§ 95-i. New York state ALS research and education fund. 1. There is hereby established in the joint custody of the commissioner of taxation and finance and the comptroller, a special fund to be known as the New York state ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) research and education fund.

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2. Such fund shall consist of all revenues received pursuant to the provisions of sections two hundred nine-L and six hundred thirty-f of the tax law, all revenues received pursuant to appropriations by the legislature, and all 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. Any interest received by the comptroller on moneys on deposit in such fund shall be retained in and become part of such fund.

3. Moneys of the fund shall be expended by the department of health only to provide grants to the Greater New York ALS Association and the ALS Association Upstate New York Chapter, not-for-profit corporations established in this state which are incorporated for the purpose of advancing and financing ALS research and education projects, provided that moneys of the fund shall be expended only in support of the Greater New York ALS Association's ALSA Certified Treatment Centers of Excellence located in New York state or otherwise in support of the Greater New York ALS Association's work in New York state.

4. 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 by source in the New York state ALS research and education fund during the preceding calendar year as the result of revenue derived pursuant to sections two hundred nine-L and six hundred thirty-f of the tax law and from all other sources, as well as all disbursements from the New York state ALS research and education fund during the preceding calendar year. The commissioner of health shall expend funds in the year in which they were donated to the extent practicable. In the event that any such funds were not expended in the year in which they were donated, the commissioner of health shall provide justification, along with a remedial plan to ensure the timely and effective use of the funds in the annual report 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.

5. As a condition of receiving grants from the fund, the Greater New York ALS Association and the ALS Association Upstate New York Chapter shall agree to issue and shall issue, on or before the first day of February each year, a report including, but not limited to, financial statements, financial reports and reports on the issuance of grants. Such reports shall be delivered to the governor and the chairs of the senate finance committee and the assembly ways and means committee and shall also be made available to the public. Such financial statements and reports shall be audited by a nationally recognized accounting firm.

6. Moneys shall be payable from the fund to the Greater New York ALS Association and the ALS Association Upstate New York Chapter, with sixty-five percent of moneys in the fund to be allocated to the Greater New York ALS Association and thirty-five percent of moneys in the fund to be allocated to the ALS Association Upstate New York Chapter on an annual basis, on the audit and warrant of the comptroller on vouchers certified and approved by the commissioner of health.