§ 97-j. Firearm violence research fund. 1. There is hereby established
in the joint custody of the state comptroller and the commissioner of
taxation and finance a fund to be known as the firearm violence research
fund.

2. The firearm violence research fund shall consist of all moneys
credited or transferred thereto from any other fund or source, including
any federal, state, or private funds, pursuant to law for the purposes
of firearm violence research.

3. Moneys in the firearm violence research fund may be invested by the
comptroller pursuant to section ninety-eight-a of this article, and any
income received by the comptroller shall be used for the purposes of
such fund.

4. The moneys held in or credited to the fund shall be expended for
the purposes set forth in this section, and may not be interchanged or
commingled with any other account or fund but may be commingled with any
other fund or account for investment purposes.

5. Moneys in the firearm violence research fund, following
appropriation by the legislature, shall be available to the New York
firearm violence research institute for its activities as set forth in
section three hundred fifty-five-e of the education law.