Section 97-I. New York state local government records management improvement fund

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 New York state local government records management
  improvement fund.
    2. Such fund shall consist of revenues derived from the imposition  of
  the  additional  fee  authorized  pursuant  to  the  third  undesignated
  paragraph  of  subdivision  (a)  of  section  eight  thousand  eighteen,
  subparagraph  b  of  paragraph  four of subdivision (a) of section eight
  thousand twenty-one, subparagraph b of paragraph eleven  of  subdivision
  (b)  of  section eight thousand twenty-one of the civil practice law and
  rules, and subdivision one of section 7-614 of the  administrative  code
  of  the  city  of  New York, all monies required by section 57.35 of the
  arts and cultural affairs law to be paid into or credited to  the  fund,
  any  advances hereafter made by the state to the fund in anticipation of
  being reimbursed  by  such  fund,  and  any  other  monies  credited  or
  transferred thereto from any other fund or sources pursuant to law.
    3.  The  monies  in  such  fund, when allocated, shall be available as
  follows: (i)  two  million  three  hundred  thousand  dollars  per  year
  adjusted  annually  to reflect the direct and indirect charges resulting
  from negotiated salary increases may be used for  payment  of  necessary
  and  reasonable  expenses  incurred  by the commissioner of education in
  carrying out the  advisory  services  required  in  subdivision  one  of
  section  57.23  of  the  arts  and cultural affairs law and to implement
  sections 57.21, 57.35 and 57.37 of the arts and  cultural  affairs  law;
  (ii)  not less than five hundred thousand dollars per year shall be made
  available to the Documentary Heritage program as provided in section 140
  of the education law; (iii) not less than three hundred thousand dollars
  per year shall  be  made  available  to  the  New  York  state  archives
  partnership  trust  established  in chapter 758 of the laws of 1992; and
  (iv) the remainder of the monies in the fund shall be used for the award
  of grants to individual local governments or groups of cooperating local
  governments as provided in  section  57.35  of  the  arts  and  cultural
  affairs law.
    4.  Monies  shall be payable from the fund on the audit and warrant of
  the comptroller on vouchers approved by the commissioner of education or
  by an officer or employee of the commissioner of education designated by
  the commissioner of education.