§ 2799-qqqq. Transfer of funds. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of
any general or special law, the director of the budget is authorized to
transfer to the corporation from funds appropriated to the division for
the fiscal year beginning April first, nineteen hundred eighty-four, the
amount he or she determines necessary to carry out the provisions of
this title, including providing for Roosevelt Island operations, capital
improvement program and any other appropriate management expenses.

2. 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 chair of the senate finance
committee and the chair 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 chair of the senate finance
committee and the chair of the assembly ways and means committee.