Section 92-J. State aid and local assistance revenue withholding fund  


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  • 1.
      There is hereby established in the custody of the  state  comptroller  a
      special  fund  to be known as the state aid and local assistance revenue
      withholding fund.  Such fund shall consist of separate accounts to which
      shall be credited, respectively, amounts appropriated for each  specific
      type  of state aid and local assistance otherwise payable to the city of
      New York deducted and withheld in amounts sufficient to pay when due the
      principal of and  interest  on  revenue  anticipation  notes  issued  in
      anticipation  thereof  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  paragraph j of
      section 25.00 of the local finance law.
        2. All moneys contained in such fund shall be paid (i) to  the  paying
      agent  designated  by  the  city  of  New  York for any issue of revenue
      anticipation notes issued by such city pursuant  to  the  provisions  of
      paragraph  j of section 25.00 of the local finance law, and (ii) to such
      city for its general fund after all payments from  an  account  in  such
      fund  required  to be made to the paying agent or agents of notes issued
      in anticipation of the state aid or local  assistance  with  respect  to
      which  such account has been established have been made, the balance, if
      any, in such account.
        3. Moneys in any account in the state aid and local assistance revenue
      withholding fund shall be kept separate and shall not be commingled with
      any other moneys in the custody of the state comptroller.  All  deposits
      of  such revenue shall, if required by the state comptroller, be secured
      by obligations of the United States or of  the  state  having  a  market
      value  equal  at  all times to the amount of such deposits and all banks
      and trust companies shall  be  authorized  to  give  security  for  such
      deposits.  Any  such  moneys  in  such fund may in the discretion of the
      state comptroller be invested in obligations of the United States or  in
      obligations the principal of and interest on which are guaranteed by the
      United  States.  The state comptroller shall make payment to such paying
      agent of the amounts required to pay the principal and/or  interest  due
      on  each issue of revenue anticipation notes issued under paragraph j of
      section 25.00 of the local finance law in accordance with the provisions
      of subdivision five of such paragraph from amounts  on  deposit  in  the
      respective  accounts  in  the  state  aid  and  local assistance revenue
      withholding fund.
        4. All payments of moneys from the  state  aid  and  local  assistance
      revenue  withholding  fund shall be made on the audit and warrant of the
      state comptroller.