§ 1167. Deposit and disposition of revenue. 1. All taxes, interest and penalties collected or received by the commissioner under this article shall be deposited and disposed of pursuant to the provisions of section one hundred seventy-one-a of this chapter, except that after reserving amounts in accordance with such section one hundred seventy-one-a of this chapter, the remainder shall be paid by the comptroller to the credit of the highway and bridge trust fund established by section eighty-nine-b of the state finance law, provided, however: (a) taxes, interest and penalties collected or received pursuant to section eleven hundred sixty-six-a of this article shall be deposited and disposed of pursuant to subdivision two of this section; and (b) taxes, interest and penalties collected or received pursuant to section eleven hundred sixty-six-b of this article shall be paid to the credit of the public transportation systems operating assistance account established by section eighty-eight-a of the state finance law.

2. All taxes, interest, and penalties collected or received by the commissioner pursuant to section eleven hundred sixty-six-a of this article shall be deposited daily with such responsible banks, banking houses or trust companies, as may be designated by the comptroller, in trust for the credit of the metropolitan transportation authority. An account may be established in one or more of such depositories. Such deposits will be kept separate and apart from all other money in the possession of the comptroller. Of the total revenue collected or received under this article, the comptroller shall retain such amount as the commissioner may determine to be necessary for refunds under this article. On or before the twelfth day of each month, after reserving such amount for such refunds and deducting such amounts for such costs, the commissioner shall certify to the comptroller the amount of all revenues received pursuant to this article during the prior month as a result of the tax imposed, including any interest and penalties thereon. The amount of revenues so certified over the prior three months in total shall be paid over by the fifteenth day of the last month of each calendar quarter from such account, without appropriation, into the corporate transportation account of the metropolitan transportation authority special assistance fund established by section twelve hundred seventy-a of the public authorities law, to be applied as provided in paragraph (e) of subdivision four of such section.