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NY State Fin L § 99-HH-4 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 6 - Funds of the State 99-HH*4 - Behavioral Health Parity Compliance Fund.

* §  99-hh.  Behavioral  health  parity  compliance  fund. 1. There is   hereby established in the custody  of  the  state  comptroller  and  the   department  of  taxation  and  finance a special fund to be known as the   behavioral health parity compliance fund.2. Moneys in the behavioral health parity  compliance  fund  shall  be   kept  separate from and shall not be commingled with any other moneys in   the custody of the comptroller  or  the  commissioner  of  taxation  and   finance.  Provided, however that any moneys of the fund not required for   immediate use may, at the discretion of the comptroller, in consultation   with  the  director  of  the  budget,  be invested by the comptroller in   obligations of the United States or the state. The proceeds of any  such   investment  shall  be  retained  by  the  fund  as assets to be used for   purposes of this fund.3. Such fund shall consist of all  moneys  required  to  be  deposited   thereto  pursuant  to  section three hundred forty-four of the insurance   law, section forty-four hundred fourteen of the public health law or any   other provision of law, monetary grants, gifts or bequests  received  by   the state, and all other moneys credited or transferred thereto from any   other fund or source.4.  Moneys  of  the  fund  shall  only  be  expended  for  initiatives   supporting parity implementation and enforcement on behalf of consumers,   including the behavioral health ombudsman program.* NB There are 4 § 99-hh's
NY State Fin L § 99-LL (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 6 - Funds of the State 99-LL - New York State Council on the Arts Cultural Programs Fund.

* §  99-ll. New York state council on the arts cultural programs fund. 1.   There is hereby established in  the  joint  custody  of  the  state comptroller  and  commissioner of taxation and finance a special fund to be known as the "New York state council on  the  arts  cultural  program fund".   2.  Such  fund  shall  consist  of all revenues received by the state, pursuant to the provisions of section twenty-four-c of the tax  law  and all  other  moneys  appropriated  thereto  from any other fund or source pursuant to law. Nothing contained in this  section  shall  prevent  the state  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.   3.  On  or  before the first day of February two thousand twenty-four, the executive director of the New York state council on the  arts  shall provide  a  written report to the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the chair of the senate finance committee,  the chair  of the assembly ways and means committee, the chair of the senate committee on health, the chair of the  assembly  health  committee,  the state  comptroller  and  the  public.  Such report shall include how the monies of the fund were utilized during the preceding calendar year, and shall include:  (a) the amount of money disbursed from the fund and the award  process used for such disbursements;  (b) recipients of awards from the fund;  (c) the amount awarded to each;  (d) the purposes for which such awards were granted; and  (e)  a  summary  financial  plan  for  such monies which shall include estimates of all receipts and all  disbursements  for  the  current  and succeeding  fiscal  years,  along with the actual results from the prior fiscal year.   4. Moneys shall be payable from the fund on the audit and  warrant  of the  comptroller  on  vouchers  approved  and certified by the executive director of the New York state council on the arts.   5. The moneys in such fund  shall  be  expended  for  the  purpose  of supplementing  art  and  cultural  programs for secondary and elementary children, including programs that increase access to  art  and  cultural programs and events for children in underserved communities.   * NB Repealed January 1, 2024
NY State Fin L § 99-MM (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 6 - Funds of the State 99-MM - Emergency Rental Assistance Municipal Corporation Allocation Fund.

* §   99-mm.   Emergency   rental   assistance  municipal  corporation   allocation fund. 1. There is hereby established in the joint custody  of   the  state  comptroller  and  the commissioner of taxation and finance a   trust  and  agency  fund  known  as  the  "emergency  rental  assistance   municipal  corporation  allocation  fund."  Municipal  corporations,  as   defined in section two of the general municipal law, that have  received   a  federal  allocation  from  the  United  States treasury for emergency   rental assistance authorized pursuant to section 501 of the Consolidated   Appropriations Act of 2021, Pub.L. 116-260 § 501 and section 3201 of the   American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, Pub.L. 117-2 §  3201,  and  any  other   federal  funds  made  available  for the same purpose and that choose to   participate  in  the  statewide  emergency  rental  assistance   program   pursuant  to  a  plan approved by the office of temporary and disability   assistance and the division of the budget, may deposit such  allocations   into  the  emergency  rental  assistance  municipal  corporation fund as   directed by the director of the budget.2. The monies of the fund shall be  paid,  without  appropriation,  to   provide  authorized  benefits  to  eligible households of the respective   municipal corporation from which monies were received in accordance with   subdivision one of this section.* NB Repealed September 30, 2025
NY State Fin L § 100 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 7 - Accounts and Audits 100 - Public Accounts to Be Kept in Dollars, Dimes and Cents.

§  100.  Public  accounts to be kept in dollars, dimes and cents.  All   accounts and other computations of  money  in  the  treasury  and  other   public  offices,  whether state or local, shall be kept and made out, in   the money of account of the United States, that is to say :  in  dollars   or  units, dimes or tenths, cents or hundredths, mills or thousandths; a   dime being the tenth part of a dollar, a cent the hundredth  part  of  a   dollar, and a mill the thousandth part of a dollar.
NY State Fin L § 101 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 7 - Accounts and Audits 101 - Checks and Accounts.

§  101.  Checks and accounts. Checks may be signed by the commissioner   of taxation and finance, and, if so authorized by such  commissioner  in   writing  filed  with the comptroller, by the head of the division of the   treasury of the department of taxation and finance  and  by  such  other   officers  or persons employed in such department as the commissioner may   designate, which authorization  may  be  revoked  in  like  manner.  The   comptroller  shall  countersign  and  enter  in  the proper books of his   department all checks so drawn and all receipts for money  paid  to  the   treasury.  Duplicate  checks  in lieu of issued checks lost or destroyed   may be executed to persons entitled to payment thereof upon such  proofs   and   conditions  as  the  commissioner  of  taxation  and  finance  and   comptroller may in their  discretion  require  to  indemnify  the  state   against  loss.  No  such  receipt shall be evidence of payment unless so   countersigned. The comptroller shall keep an account between  the  state   and  the  commissioner  of taxation and finance, and therein charge such   commissioner with the balance in the treasury when he came into  office,   and  with  all  moneys received by him, and credit him with all warrants   drawn on and paid by him. He shall draw, in favor of the commissioner of   taxation and finance, on all corporations  or  companies  in  which  the   state may own stock, for the dividends on such stock as they become due.   He  shall  procure from the books of the banks in which the commissioner   of taxation and finance makes his deposits, monthly  statements  of  the   moneys  received and paid out of the same. On the first Tuesday of every   month, or oftener if he deems it necessary, he shall  carefully  examine   the  accounts  of  the  debits and credits in the bank books kept by the   commissioner of taxation and finance. If he discovers  any  irregularity   or  deficiency  therein,  he shall, unless rectified or explained to his   satisfaction, forthwith report the same to the governor.
NY State Fin L § 102 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 7 - Accounts and Audits 102 - Amounts of Unpaid Checks, Drafts or Debit Cards to Be Paid Into the Abandoned Property Fund.

§ 102. Amounts of unpaid checks, drafts or debit cards to be paid into   abandoned  property  fund.  Upon audit and statement of the comptroller,   the amounts of all checks or drafts on bank accounts of any funds of the   state, and the amounts of all debit cards issued on behalf of the  state   for  the  purpose of paying a tax refund which checks or drafts have not   been paid or which debit cards have not been activated and  which  shall   have  been  outstanding for more than one year from the respective dates   thereof, shall be paid into the  abandoned  property  fund  pursuant  to   subdivision  four  of  section one thousand three hundred fifteen of the   abandoned property law. The proper disbursing officers or agents of such   funds shall notify the bank or banks on which  such  checks,  drafts  or   debit  cards were drawn not to pay or permit the activation of the same.   The comptroller shall keep a record of all such checks, drafts or  debit   cards  and  upon  presentation  to  him by the lawful holder of any such   check, draft or debit card at any time, the amount of which  shall  thus   have  been  paid  into  the  state treasury to the credit of the general   fund, the comptroller, to the extent appropriations are available, shall   issue a new check,  draft  or  electronic  payment  to  the  payee  upon   submission of proof satisfactory to the comptroller as to the legitimacy   of  the  claim  and, if insufficient appropriations are available, shall   include in his next request for appropriations by  the  legislature  the   amount or amounts of any such checks, drafts or debit cards so presented   to him, for the purpose of payment without interest to the lawful holder   or holders thereof.
NY State Fin L § 103 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 7 - Accounts and Audits 103 - State Papers and Securities.

§  103. State papers and securities. All papers relating to the duties   of the comptroller, and all deeds to the state, abstracts of title,  and   state contracts, unless otherwise specially directed, shall be deposited   in the office of the comptroller.  Upon request of the attorney-general,   the comptroller shall transfer to his custody all abstracts of title and   title  searches  relating to the ownership of real property. All leases,   bonds, mortgages, certificates of stock and other  securities  belonging   to  the  state also shall be deposited in the office of the comptroller,   but  the  commissioner  of  taxation  and  finance,  jointly  with   the   comptroller, shall have custody thereof.
NY State Fin L § 104 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 7 - Accounts and Audits 104 - Examination and Inventory of State Securities.

§ 104. Examination and inventory of state securities. The comptroller,   from  time  to  time, shall examine the securities on which money may be   due to the state, and make inquiries relating to the sufficiency of  the   security  for  the payment of such money. He shall require the immediate   payment of all interest due,  and  the  payment  of  such  part  of  the   principal  as  he  deems  necessary for the security and interest of the   state. The commissioner of taxation and  finance  and  the  comptroller,   jointly, at the close of each fiscal year shall make an inventory of all   securities  belonging  to  the  state  in duplicate and file it with the   department of taxation and finance  and  the  department  of  audit  and   control.
NY State Fin L § 106-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 7 - Accounts and Audits 106-A - Public Funds on Deposit.

§  106-a.  Public  funds  on  deposit.  All  moneys in the possession,   custody,  control  or  under  the  authority  of  the  comptroller,  the   commissioner  of  taxation  and  finance or other state officer, for the   security of the deposit whereof a bond or other security may be required   under the provisions of this chapter or  any  other  statute,  shall  be   deemed to be public funds or public moneys under the laws of this state.
NY State Fin L § 107 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 7 - Accounts and Audits 107 - Monthly Statement of Balances in State Depositories.

§  107.  Monthly  statement  of  balances in state depositories.   The   commissioner of taxation and finance shall cause to be published in  the   state  bulletin,  on  or  before  the last day of each month, a detailed   statement of the balance in the several banks designated  by  any  state   officer  or  board  as a depository of state funds. Such statement shall   contain the name of each bank and the amount subject  to  draft  at  the   close of the month preceding such publication.
NY State Fin L § 108 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 7 - Accounts and Audits 108 - Application of Federal Moneys to Expense of the Audit and Disbursement Thereof.

§  108.  Application  of  federal  moneys  to expense of the audit and   disbursement thereof. Where a law of this state enacted or to be enacted   to supplement or aid in effecting the purposes of  an  act  of  congress   under  which federal moneys are granted or allocated to this state or to   an agency thereof provides, in terms or effect, that the commissioner or   department of taxation and finance shall be the custodian and disbursing   agency of such moneys and that they shall be paid out on the  audit  and   warrant  of  the  comptroller,  and the cost of such additional service,   within an amount stated, is made a lawful charge against such moneys  so   granted  or  allocated  as part of the expense of administering such law   and  act  of  congress,  by  authorized  action  of  state  or   federal   authorities, the comptroller and such commissioner are hereby authorized   to  accept  and  expend  such  moneys,  within the amount so stated, for   employing  any  additional  assistants  and  paying  necessary  expenses   required  for  the performance of such added duties. The director of the   budget shall  allocate  to  the  comptroller  and  the  commissioner  or   department  of  taxation  and finance, respectively, the moneys, if any,   available for each; and so much thereof as may be  used  for  additional   personal  service shall be paid in accordance with schedules approved by   him.
NY State Fin L § 109-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 7 - Accounts and Audits 109-A - Alternative Proofs Authorized for Audit by the Comptroller.

§  109-a.  Alternative proofs authorized for audit by the comptroller.   1. Notwithstanding sections one hundred nine and one hundred ten of this   article, the comptroller  may,  by  regulation,  provide  for  a  system   whereby  state agencies, vendors and providers of services submit proofs   required for payment upon audit without the submission  of  vouchers  or   invoices.  Such  proofs  may  be  in  the  form  of  paperless vouchers,   electronic vouchers or in any other media  form  which  the  comptroller   reasonably  determines  offers  the  same  degree  of accountability and   control now provided by the provisions of sections one hundred nine  and   one hundred ten of this article.2.  Prior  to implementing any alternative method of proof for payment   upon audit described in subdivision one of this section, the comptroller   shall promulgate regulations in accordance with the state administrative   procedure act. In addition to those persons required to  receive  notice   pursuant  to  subdivision  six-a of section two hundred two of the state   administrative procedure act, such notice  and  any  amendments  thereto   shall  be  provided  to the chairman of the senate finance committee and   the chairman of the assembly ways and means committee.3. The proofs described  in  this  section  shall  constitute  written   instruments,  computer data or statements within the meaning of articles   one hundred fifty-six, one hundred seventy, one hundred seventy-five and   one hundred seventy-six of the penal law.
NY State Fin L § 110 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 7 - Accounts and Audits 110 - Certification or Approval of Accounts and Vouchers.

§  110.  Certification  or  approval  of  accounts  and  vouchers.  1.   Certification or approval of the accounts or vouchers of  a  department,   or  of  a  division,  board,  body,  bureau,  officer  or  employee in a   department,  for  personal  service,  maintenance,  and  operation,  for   submission  to  the  comptroller for audit, shall be made by the head of   the department, or by such authority or authorities in the department as   shall be designated by the head of the department by a rule  or  written   direction  filed  with the comptroller.   The head of the department may   authorize one or more officers or employees in the  department  to  make   such  designations.  Such authorization shall be in writing and shall be   effective upon approval by the comptroller and filing in his office.2. For the purposes of this section, the  heads  of  the  commissions,   divisions  and  offices within the executive department shall be treated   as department heads.
NY State Fin L § 111 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 7 - Accounts and Audits 111 - Payment and Refund of State Moneys Except Upon Audit by Comptroller Prohibited.

§  111.  Payment  and  refund  of  state  moneys  except upon audit by   comptroller  prohibited.  No  moneys  of  the  state,  including  moneys   collected  in  its  behalf,  and no moneys in the possession, custody or   control of any officer, agent, or agency of the  state  in  his  or  its   representative  capacity,  and  no moneys in or belonging to any fund or   depositary, title to which is vested in the state,  shall  hereafter  be   paid,  expended  or  refunded  except upon audit by the comptroller. The   comptroller is hereby charged with the duty of compelling observance  of   and  compliance with the provisions of this section but any violation of   this section may be restrained upon the suit of any  taxpayer  with  the   consent  of  the  supreme  court  in appellate division on notice to the   attorney-general.
NY State Fin L § 113 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 7 - Accounts and Audits 113 - Itemized Accounts of Public Officers.

§  113.  Itemized  accounts  of public officers. The proper officer of   each department, board, commission and institution, shall, on or  before   the  fifteenth  day  of each month, render to the comptroller a detailed   and  itemized  account  of  all  receipts  and  expenditures   of   such   department,  board,  commission  or  institution  during  the month next   preceding. Such account shall give in detail the source of all receipts,   including the sums received from any county, and shall be accompanied by   original and proper vouchers, unless such vouchers have been  previously   filed with the comptroller.
NY State Fin L § 114 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 7 - Accounts and Audits 114 - Inspection of Supplies.

§ 114. Inspection of supplies. The officer or employee designated by a   state  agency  to  perform the duty of inspecting supplies shall receive   and examine all articles purchased or received  for  the  operation  and   maintenance thereof, compare them with the bills for the same, ascertain   whether  they correspond in weight, quality or quantity, and inspect the   supplies thus received.  Such officer or employee shall enter each  bill   of  goods  thus  received  in the appropriate books of the agency at the   time of receipt thereof. He shall make a full memorandum in  such  books   of any difference in weight, quality or quantity of any article received   from  the  bill  thereof.  No  goods  or  other  articles of purchase or   manufacture or farm or garden production shall  be  received  unless  so   entered  in  such  books  with  the  proper  bill, invoice or statement,   according  to  the  form  of  accounts  and  record  prescribed  by  the   comptroller.  In  accounts  for  repairs  or  new work, the name of each   workman, the number of days employed and the rate and  amount  of  wages   paid to him shall be given.
NY State Fin L § 115 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 7 - Accounts and Audits 115 - Cash Advance Accounts.

§  115.  Cash advance accounts. 1. The state comptroller may, upon the   request of the head of a  state  department  or  agency,  authorize  the   establishment of cash advance accounts for such department or agency, in   an amount he deems sufficient.2.  Cash  advance  accounts may be established when in the judgment of   the state comptroller an advance account  is  necessary  and  proper  to   achieve  the  purposes  of the appropriation from which the cash advance   account will be established.3. When a cash advance account  is  established  for  the  purpose  of   purchasing  materials,  supplies or services, the account may be used to   purchase such materials, supplies or services  where  the  amount  of  a   single purchase does not exceed two hundred fifty dollars, in accordance   with  such  rules  as  shall  be  prescribed  by  the  comptroller.  The   comptroller shall audit before payment all vouchers, together  with  the   supporting  documents, presented to him for reimbursement to the account   and approve them in the amount allowed by him and draw  his  warrant  in   the amount thereof.4.  The  head  of  the  department,  office or agency may designate an   employee to be in charge of the cash advance account.  Such  designation   shall be filed with the comptroller. Any person authorized to handle the   account shall be bonded, either by an individual or blanket undertaking.5. If, in the judgment of the comptroller, the cash advance account is   being  used  for  purposes  other  than  authorized  in  this section or   otherwise improperly operated, he shall direct the  officer  responsible   for such account to return the cash advanced to establish the account.6.  The comptroller at any time may require the officer responsible to   account for the moneys in the cash advance account.