Section 92-G. Motorcycle safety fund  


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  • 1. There is hereby established in the
      joint custody of the state comptroller and the commissioner of  taxation
      and finance a special fund to be known as the "motorcycle safety fund".
        2. The fund shall consist of the following revenue:
        (i)  fees  collected pursuant to paragraph (c-1) of subdivision two of
      section five hundred three of the vehicle and traffic law; and
        (ii) beginning April first, nineteen hundred ninety-eight, two dollars
      and fifty cents from each motorcycle registration or reregistration  fee
      paid  pursuant  to  subdivision  five of section four hundred ten of the
      vehicle and traffic law.
        3. Moneys of the fund, following  appropriation  by  the  legislature,
      shall be made available to the department of motor vehicles only for the
      administration  and  implementation  of  the  motorcycle  safety program
      established pursuant to section four hundred ten-a of  the  vehicle  and
      traffic law. No more than ten percent of the annual receipts of the fund
      may  be  used  for  administrative and personnel costs of the department
      needed to implement and administer the program. Remaining moneys of  the
      fund  shall be used for the administrative and operating expenses of the
      motorcycle rider training  coordinating  organization  designated  under
      section four hundred ten-a of the vehicle and traffic law.
        4.  The  moneys of the fund shall be paid out on the audit and warrant
      of the comptroller on vouchers certified or approved by the commissioner
      of motor vehicles, including advances of funds pursuant to a contract to
      a motorcycle rider training coordinating organization.   At the  end  of
      each year any moneys remaining in the fund shall be retained in the fund
      and shall not revert to the general fund. The interest and income earned
      on  money  in the fund, after deducting any applicable charges, shall be
      credited to the fund.