N.Y. State Fin. Law § 97-a

§ 97-a. Environmental quality protection fund. 1. There is hereby\nestablished in the custody of the state comptroller a special fund to be\nknown as the "environmental quality protection fund".\n 2. Such fund shall consist of all moneys received by the state from\nthe sale of bonds pursuant to the environmental quality bond act of\nnineteen hundred seventy-two together with all moneys paid to the state\nby the federal government or a municipality pursuant to sections\n51-0305, 51-0507, 51-0711 and 51-0907 of the environmental conservation\nlaw.\n 3. Moneys of the fund, following appropriation by the legislature and\nallocation by the director of the budget, shall be available only for\nreimbursement of expenditures made from appropriations in accordance\nwith the provisions of article six of the environmental conservation law\nas amended.\n