Section 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.