§ 83. Conservation fund. (a) 1. The conservation fund shall consist of\nall moneys belonging to the state received by the department of\nenvironmental conservation from the sale of licenses for hunting, for\ntrapping, and for fishing, all moneys received in actions for penalties\nunder articles eleven and thirteen of the environmental conservation law\nand subdivision two of section 71-1929 of the environmental conservation\nlaw, or upon the settlement or compromise thereof, all fines for\nviolation of any of the provisions of articles eleven and thirteen of\nthe environmental conservation law, all moneys arising out of the\noperation of real property under the jurisdiction of the division of\nfish and wildlife in the department of environmental conservation\nheretofore or hereafter acquired by the state of New York, and from any\nconcessions thereon and from any leases thereof, including moneys\nreceived from the sale thereof when authorized by law, all moneys\nreceived from leases or rentals of shellfish grounds in the marine and\ncoastal district, all moneys from gifts for fish and wildlife management\npursuant to section six hundred twenty-five of the tax law, moneys\nreceived by the department of environmental conservation from the sale\nof limited edition prints of fish and wildlife paintings, as authorized\nby paragraph t of subdivision two of section 3-0301 of the environmental\nconservation law, all moneys received from the reimbursement provided\nfor in paragraph b of subdivision seven of section 8-0109 of the\nenvironmental conservation law, and all other moneys arising out of the\napplication of any provisions of articles eleven and thirteen of the\nenvironmental conservation law. These moneys, after appropriation by the\nlegislature, and within the amounts set forth and for the several\npurposes specified, shall be available to the department of\nenvironmental conservation for the care, management, protection and\nenlargement of the fish, game and shell fish resources of the state and\nfor the promotion of public fishing and shooting. In the accomplishment\nof these objects the moneys made available hereunder shall be devoted to\nthe purchase or acquisition of lands, lands under water, waters, or\nrights therein as required, to payment for personal service, for\nmaintenance and operation, and for new construction and permanent\nbetterments, and to all other proper expenses of the department of\nenvironmental conservation in the administration and enforcement of the\nprovisions of articles eleven and thirteen of the environmental\nconservation law.\n 1-a. On or before the first day of February each year, the\ncommissioner of the department of environmental conservation shall\nprovide a written report to the temporary president of the senate,\nspeaker of the assembly, chair of the senate finance committee, chair of\nthe assembly ways and means committee, chair of the senate committee on\nenvironmental conservation, chair of the assembly environmental\nconservation committee, the state comptroller and the public. Such\nreport shall include how the monies of the fund received pursuant to\nsection six hundred twenty-five of the tax law were utilized during the\npreceding calendar year, and shall include:\n (i) the amount of money dispersed from the fund and the award process\nused for such disbursements;\n (ii) recipients of awards from the fund;\n (iii) the amount awarded to each;\n (iv) the purposes for which such awards were granted; and\n (v) a summary financial plan for such monies which shall include\nestimates of all receipts and all disbursements for the current and\nsucceeding fiscal years, along with the actual results from the prior\nfiscal year.\n 2. (i) Moneys collected pursuant to sections 13-0301, 13-0311 and\n13-0315 of the environmental conservation law and all fines and\npenalties collected pursuant to article seventy-one of such law for\nillegal acts relating to shellfish shall be deposited in
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