Section 97-E. Forest preserve expansion fund

1. There is hereby established
  in the state treasury a special fund, to be known as the forest preserve
  expansion  fund, which shall consist of and into which shall be paid all
  moneys derived from the sale of certain forest preserve lands  specified
  in  section twenty-four of the public lands law and such other moneys as
  may be paid into said fund pursuant to law.  The  moneys  in  such  fund
  shall  be  expended only for the acquisition of additional lands for the
  forest preserve within either the Adirondack or  Catskill  park  as  now
  fixed  by  law.  Upon appropriation by the legislature, the conservation
  department  may  use  such  moneys  or  any  portion  thereof  for   the
  acquisition  of  such  additional lands subject to the approval of title
  thereto by the attorney general. All payments from such  fund  shall  be
  made  by  the department of taxation and finance after audit by and upon
  warrant of the comptroller, on vouchers  approved  by  the  conservation
  commissioner.
    2.  The conservation commissioner is authorized to accept, in the name
  of the people of the state of New York, any gift or bequest of moneys to
  be paid into such forest preserve expansion fund and to be expended  and
  disbursed as provided in subdivision one of this section.