§ 2616. Appropriations by the state. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions
of any general or special law, the director of the budget shall transfer
to the authority from funds appropriated to the department of
environmental conservation for the fiscal year beginning April first,
nineteen hundred eighty-one, the amount necessary including an amount
for general state charges to provide for the operation of participating
olympic facilities pursuant to agreements made with state agencies in
accordance with section twenty-six hundred fourteen of this title.

2. On or before August fifteenth, nineteen hundred eighty-one, and on
each August fifteenth thereafter the chair of the authority shall make
and deliver to the director of the budget for his or her approval and
for submission to the legislature a budget for the operation of the
authority for the forthcoming fiscal year of the state. The chair of the
authority shall deliver a copy of such budget to the chair of the senate
finance committee and the chair of the assembly ways and means committee
at the same time that the budget is delivered to the director of the
budget. The budget shall delineate the total amount needed for authority
purposes, including the funds required by the authority for operation of
the olympic facilities, the Gore Mountain ski center and the Belleayre
Mountain ski center pursuant to agreements made in accordance with
sections twenty-six hundred twelve and twenty-six hundred fourteen of
this title, the source of all funds that the authority expects to
receive and such other information as the director of the budget shall
require. The director of the budget shall approve the budget for the
operation of the authority and the governor shall recommend in his or
her annual budget appropriations to the authority if the director of the
budget determines that the budget demonstrates that the authority,
without operating at a deficit, can continue in the forthcoming fiscal
year of the state, in the exercise of its corporate purposes, powers,
duties and functions with the appropriations from the state and park
district in the amounts determined in accordance with sections
twenty-six hundred twelve and twenty-six hundred fourteen of this title
and income received by the authority from other sources. The director of
the budget shall notify the park district, the chair of the senate
finance committee and the chair of the assembly ways and means committee
not later than October first of each year whether or not he has approved
the budget.

3. The state may appropriate and provide to the authority an amount of
money determined in accordance with paragraph (g) of subdivision two and
with subdivision three of section twenty-six hundred fourteen of this
title.

4. To further assist the authority in carrying out its corporate
purposes, the governor shall recommend to the legislature in his annual
budget appropriation of such funds as may be available for such purposes
from the earnings and accumulated income upon the principal of the
winter sports education trust fund, pursuant to subdivision four of
section four hundred ninety-five-a of the education law.

5. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law, no
part of such appropriations shall be available for the purposes
designated until a certificate of approval of availability shall have
been issued by the director of the budget and a copy of such certificate
is filed with the state comptroller, the chairman of the senate finance
committee and the chairman of the assembly ways and means committee.
Such certificate may be amended from time to time, subject to the
approval of the director of the budget, and a copy of each such
amendment shall be filed with the state comptroller, the chairman of the
senate finance committee and the chairman of the assembly ways and means
committee.

6. Notwithstanding the provisions of section four hundred
ninety-five-a of the education law, the sum of seven hundred fifty
thousand dollars ($750,000), is hereby appropriated to the authority
from the accumulated earnings upon the principal of the winter sports
education trust fund.