Section 71-2725. Disposition of penalties and fines

1.  a.  All  penalties  and  fines  accumulated  prior to April first,
  nineteen hundred eighty-eight, pursuant to sections 71-2705, 71-2721 and
  71-2723 of this title shall be paid over to the commissioner for deposit
  to the credit of  the  hazardous  waste  remedial  fund  established  by
  section ninety-seven-b of the state finance law.
    b.  All  penalties  and  fines collected pursuant to sections 71-2705,
  71-2721 and 71-2723 of this title shall be paid into the general fund to
  the credit of the state purposes account.
    2. All moneys collected in any action brought on behalf of  the  state
  for damage resulting from improper or unlawful dissemination or disposal
  of  hazardous  wastes shall be paid over to the commissioner for deposit
  to the credit of  the  hazardous  waste  remedial  fund  established  by
  section ninety-seven-b of the state finance law.