§ 97-rr. Pet dealer licensing 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 "pet dealer licensing
fund".

2. Such fund shall consist of all monies collected pursuant to article
twenty-six-A of the agriculture and markets law, except for monies
collected pursuant to subdivision five of section four hundred three of
such article, and all other monies credited or transferred thereto from
any other fund or source pursuant to law.

3. Monies of the fund shall be expended solely for the purposes of
carrying out the provisions of article thirty-five-D of the general
business law and article twenty-six-A of the agriculture and markets
law. Monies shall be paid out of the fund on the audit and warrant of
the state comptroller on vouchers approved by the commissioner of
agriculture and markets. Any interest received by the comptroller on
monies on deposit in the pet dealer licensing fund shall be retained in
and become part of such fund.