The excelsior linked deposit program is hereby created. The purpose of the program is to encourage and assist eligible businesses within the state to undertake eligible projects that will materially contribute to improving their performance and competitiveness. The comptroller is hereby authorized to use any moneys of the state the comptroller is authorized to invest pursuant to section ninety-eight-a of this chapter as linked deposits for the program. Not more than four hundred sixty million dollars of such moneys shall be on deposit pursuant to the program at any given time. The commissioner of taxation and finance is hereby authorized to use funds in the linked deposit program fund established pursuant to section ninety-two-v of this chapter as linked deposits for the program. Not more than one hundred million dollars from the linked deposit program fund shall be on deposit pursuant to the program at any given time.
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