Section 97-C. Training and education program on occupational safety and health fund

1. There is hereby established in the custody of the  state
  comptroller  the  training  and education program on occupational safety
  and health fund.
    2.  Such  fund  shall  consist  of  moneys  collected   from   special
  compensation assessments collected pursuant to the provisions of section
  one hundred fifty-one of the workers' compensation law.
    3.    Moneys  of  the  fund  shall  be available to the New York state
  occupational safety and health hazard abatement board  for  purposes  of
  carrying  out the provisions of article twenty-nine of the labor law and
  to the department of labor for worker protection  activities  under  its
  jurisdiction.
    4.   The moneys shall be paid out of the fund on the audit and warrant
  of the comptroller on vouchers certified or approved by the  chairperson
  of  the  board or his or her designee or by the commissioner of labor or
  his or her designee.
    5. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or  special  law,  no
  moneys  shall  be  available  from  the  fund  until  a  certificate  of
  allocation and a schedule of amounts to be available therefor shall have
  been issued  by  the  director  of  the  budget,  and  a  copy  of  such
  certificate  filed with the comptroller. Such certificate may be amended
  from time to time by the director of the budget and a copy of each  such
  amendment shall be filed with the comptroller.