Transfer of funds

§ 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.