New York Laws
Title 28-B - Schenectady Metroplex Development Authority
2660 - Request for State Assistance.

§ 2660. Request for state assistance. 1. Should the chairman of the
authority determine that state assistance is necessary for the authority
to achieve its lawful goals, powers and purposes, the chairman may
annually may make and deliver to the director of the budget, the
chairman of the senate finance committee and the chairman of the
assembly ways and means committee a request for financial support for
the operation of the authority for the forthcoming fiscal year of the
state. The request for financial support shall delineate the total
amount needed by the authority from the state to achieve its lawful
goals, powers and purposes, the source of all funds that the authority
expects to receive from all other sources, and such other information as
the director of the budget, the chairman of the senate finance committee
and the chairman of the assembly ways and means committee shall require.

2. The state may appropriate and provide to the authority an amount of
money it deems necessary to provide the authority to assist it in its
successful operation and achievement of its lawful goals, powers and
purposes.

3. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the
contrary, no part of such appropriations shall be available for the
purposes designated until a certificate of approval of availability
shall have been issued by the director of the budget and a copy of such
certificate is filed with the comptroller, the chairman of the senate
finance committee and the chairman of the assembly ways and means
committee. Such certificate may be amended from time to time, subject
to the approval of the director of the budget, and a copy of each such
amendment shall be filed with the comptroller, the chairman of the
senate finance committee and the chairman of the assembly ways and means
committee.