N.Y.
State Finance Law Section 97-V*2
New York state music grant fund
1.
There is hereby established in the custody of the state comptroller and the commissioner of taxation and finance, a special fund to be known as the “New York state music grant fund”.2.
The fund shall consist of all monies appropriated for its purpose, all monies transferred to such fund pursuant to law and all monies required by the provisions of this section or any other law to be paid into or credited to this fund, including all monies received by the fund or donated to it. The total of monies deposited as a result of appropriations from state funds into this fund shall not exceed the sum of five hundred thousand dollars. Monies in the fund shall be kept separate and shall not be commingled with any other monies otherwise appropriated or received except as hereby provided.3.
Monies of the fund, when allocated, shall be available to the New York state council on the arts for the purpose of providing assistance, excluding administrative costs, for grants to not-for-profit symphony orchestras and/or other not-for-profit musical entities incorporated in the state and organized for the purpose of the presentation of performing arts for the benefit of the public, which purpose may include musical education in school districts and boards of cooperative educational services, and which have been approved pursuant to guidelines established by the council. Such monies shall also be available for administrative costs of the council pursuant to approval by the director of the budget.4.
Nothing contained herein shall prevent the council from receiving grants, gifts or bequests for the purposes of the fund as defined in this section and depositing them into the fund according to law.5.
No monies shall be payable from this fund, except on the audit and warrant of the comptroller on vouchers certified and submitted by the state council on the arts. * NB There are 2 § 97-v’s
Source:
Section 97-V*2 — New York state music grant fund, https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/STF/97-V*2 (updated Jun. 5, 2026; accessed Jul. 4, 2026).