§ 88-a. Mass transportation operating assistance fund. 1. There is\nhereby established in the joint custody of the commissioner of taxation\nand finance and the state comptroller a special fund to be known as the\n"mass transportation operating assistance fund".\n 2. Moneys in the mass transportation operating assistance fund shall\nbe kept separately from and shall not be commingled with any other\nmoneys in the joint or sole custody of the state comptroller or the\ncommissioner of taxation and finance.\n 3. Except for moneys in the account established by subdivision six of\nthis section, moneys of the fund, following appropriation by the\nlegislature, shall be allocated upon a certificate of approval of\navailability by the director of the budget solely for the transportation\nassistance purposes set forth within the specific accounts contained\nwithin the fund established by this section.\n 4. The mass transportation operating assistance fund shall consist of\nthree separate and distinct accounts: (a) the "public transportation\nsystems operating assistance account", (b) the "urban mass transit\noperating assistance account", and (c) the "metropolitan mass\ntransportation operating assistance account". Moneys in each of the\naccounts shall be kept separately from and not commingled with any other\nmoneys in the mass transportation operating assistance fund.\n 5. (a) The "public transportation systems operating assistance\naccount" shall consist of revenues required to be deposited therein\npursuant to the provisions of section one hundred eighty-two-a of the\ntax law and all other moneys credited or transferred thereto from any\nother fund or source pursuant to law.\n (b) Moneys in the public transportation systems operating assistance\naccount shall be paid on a quarterly basis beginning October first,\nnineteen hundred eighty-one. However, if there is a demonstrated cash\nshortfall in any eligible system, payments to such system may be\naccelerated. Such payments shall be made in accordance with a schedule\nas specified by appropriation for the payment of operating costs of\npublic mass transportation systems outside the metropolitan commuter\ntransportation district as defined by section twelve hundred sixty-two\nof the public authorities law, eligible to receive operating assistance\npursuant to section eighteen-b of the transportation law.\n (c) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the comptroller is hereby\nauthorized and directed to transfer from the general fund for deposit\ninto the public transportation system operating assistance account, upon\nrequest of the director of the budget, on or before March 31 of each\nyear, an amount equal to the following:\n (i) For the state fiscal year ending March 31, 2015, two million eight\nhundred eight thousand ninety-six dollars;\n (ii) In each succeeding state fiscal year, the transfer shall equal\nthe product of the dollar amount in (i) and one plus the sales tax\ngrowth factor. For the purposes of this subparagraph, the sales tax\ngrowth factor is the percentage, if any, by which the aggregate amount\nof sales and compensating use taxes imposed pursuant to the authority of\nsubpart B of part I of article twenty-nine of the tax law, excluding\nsuch sales and compensating use taxes collected in the twelve counties\nthat comprise the metropolitan transportation commuter district created\nand established pursuant to section twelve hundred sixty-two of the\npublic authorities law, for the twelve month period ending on December\nthirty-first of the immediately preceding calendar year exceeds the\naggregate amount of such sales and compensating use taxes for the twelve\nmonth period ending on December thirty-first, two thousand thirteen. In\nno year will the amount of the deposit authorized under this section be\nless than the amount made in the prior year.\n 6. (a) The "urban mass transit operating assistance account" shall\nconsist of the revenues required to be de
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