§ 92-s. Environmental protection fund. 1. There is hereby established\nin the joint custody of the comptroller and the commissioner of taxation\nand finance a special fund to be known as the "environmental protection\nfund".\n 2. a. The comptroller shall establish the following separate and\ndistinct accounts within the environmental protection fund:\n (i) solid waste account;\n (ii) parks, recreation and historic preservation account;\n (iii) open space account;\n (iv) climate change mitigation and adaptation account; and\n (v) environmental protection transfer account.\n b. All monies received by the comptroller for deposit in the\nenvironmental protection fund shall be deposited first to the credit of\nthe environmental protection transfer account. No monies shall be\nexpended from any such account for any project except pursuant to\nappropriation by the legislature.\n 3. Such fund shall consist of the amount of revenue collected within\nthe state from the amount of revenue, interest and penalties deposited\npursuant to section fourteen hundred twenty-one of the tax law, the\namount of fees and penalties received from easements or leases pursuant\nto subdivision fourteen of section seventy-five of the public lands law\nand the money received as annual service charges pursuant to section\nfour hundred four-n of the vehicle and traffic law, all moneys required\nto be deposited therein from the contingency reserve fund pursuant to\nsection two hundred ninety-four of chapter fifty-seven of the laws of\nnineteen hundred ninety-three, all moneys required to be deposited\npursuant to section thirteen of chapter six hundred ten of the laws of\nnineteen hundred ninety-three, repayments of loans made pursuant to\nsection 54-0511 of the environmental conservation law, all moneys to be\ndeposited from the Northville settlement pursuant to section one hundred\ntwenty-four of chapter three hundred nine of the laws of nineteen\nhundred ninety-six, provided however, that such moneys shall only be\nused for the cost of the purchase of private lands in the core area of\nthe central Suffolk pine barrens pursuant to a consent order with the\nNorthville industries signed on October thirteenth, nineteen hundred\nninety-four and the related resource restoration and replacement plan,\nthe amount of penalties required to be deposited therein by section\n71-2724 of the environmental conservation law, all moneys required to be\ndeposited pursuant to article thirty-three of the environmental\nconservation law, all fees collected pursuant to subdivision eight of\nsection 70-0117 of the environmental conservation law, all moneys\ncollected pursuant to title thirty-three of article fifteen of the\nenvironmental conservation law, beginning with the fiscal year\ncommencing on April first, two thousand thirteen, nineteen million\ndollars, and all fiscal years thereafter, twenty-three million dollars\nplus all funds received by the state each fiscal year in excess of the\ngreater of the amount received from April first, two thousand twelve\nthrough March thirty-first, two thousand thirteen or one hundred\ntwenty-two million two hundred thousand dollars, from the payments\ncollected pursuant to subdivision four of section 27-1012 of the\nenvironmental conservation law and all funds collected pursuant to\nsection 27-1015 of the environmental conservation law, all moneys\nrequired to be deposited pursuant to sections 27-2805 and 27-2807 of the\nenvironmental conservation law, all moneys collected pursuant to section\n71-2730 of the environmental conservation law, all moneys required to be\ndeposited pursuant to section seven hundred sixty-five of the general\nbusiness law, all moneys required to be deposited pursuant to section\n27-3205 of the environmental conservation law, and all other moneys\ncredited or transferred thereto from any other fund or source pursuant\nto law. All such revenue shall be initially deposited into the\nenvironmental protectio
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