Section 3010. Municipal archives reference and research fund

1. There is
  hereby established a municipal archives  reference  and  research  fund,
  which  shall  be credited with all sums appropriated therefor, donations
  made thereto, and proceeds from the  disposition  of  personal  property
  which is in the custody of the department and which the commissioner has
  determined is not a record which must be retained pursuant to law and is
  not  necessary  for  archival, reference, or research purposes. Interest
  accruing on principal from all  aforementioned  sources  also  shall  be
  credited to the fund.
    2.  The  municipal archives reference and research fund established by
  this section shall be used, subject to the approval of the  director  of
  management  and  budget,  by  the department for purposes related to its
  library and archival research programs including, but  not  limited  to,
  purchasing  and  conserving  books  and other records, financing lecture
  series and commissioning studies and articles.