* § 89-j. The school bus motorist education fund. 1. There is hereby established in the joint custody of the state comptroller and the commissioner of taxation and finance a fund known as the school bus motorist education fund. 2. Such fund shall consist of monies received by the state from any court of the unified court system pursuant to section eighteen hundred nine of the vehicle and traffic law for violations of section eleven hundred seventy-four of such law, and all other fines, fees, grants, bequests or other monies credited, appropriated or transferred thereto from any other fund or source. 3. (a) Fifty percent of the monies of the fund, following appropriation by the legislature, shall be made available to the state comprehensive school bus driver safety training council for the study of the illegal passing of stopped school buses by motorists, and the development of proposals to reduce the number of motorists passing school buses in violation of section eleven hundred seventy-four of the vehicle and traffic law.

(b) The remaining fifty percent of the monies of such fund shall be made available to the department of motor vehicles for the design and implementation, in conjunction with the governor's traffic safety committee, the departments of education and transportation, the division of state police, and the state comprehensive school bus driver safety training council, of a public education program to further educate motorists of the dangers of passing a school bus in violation of section eleven hundred seventy-four of the vehicle and traffic law, to reduce the number of such incidents, and to promote school bus safety. 4. The monies of the fund made available pursuant to paragraph (a) of subdivision three of this section shall be paid out on the audit and warrant of the comptroller on vouchers approved and certified by the commissioner of education. The monies of the fund made available pursuant to paragraph (b) of subdivision three of this section shall be paid out on the audit and warrant of the comptroller on vouchers approved and certified by the commissioner of motor vehicles. At the end of each year any monies remaining in the fund shall be retained in the fund and shall not revert to the general fund. The interest and income earned on money in the fund, after deducting any applicable charges, shall be credited to the fund. * NB There are 2 § 89-j's * NB Effective January 1, 2022