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NY State Fin L § 116 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 7 - Accounts and Audits 116 - Rendition of Accounts.

§  116.  Rendition  of accounts.   The comptroller, from time to time,   shall require all public officers and other persons receiving moneys  or   securities,  or  having  the  care and management of any property of the   state, of which an account is or is required to be kept in  his  office,   to  render  statements  thereof to him; and all such officers or persons   shall render such statements at  such  time  and  in  such  form  as  he   requires,  and at all times when required by law. He may require any one   presenting to him an account or claim for audit  or  settlement,  to  be   examined  upon oath before him touching such account or claim, as to any   facts relating to its justness or correctness. He may issue a notice  to   any  person  receiving moneys of the state for which he does not account   or to the legal representatives of such a person, requiring  an  account   and vouchers for the expenditure of such moneys to be rendered at a time   to be fixed not less than thirty nor more than ninety days from the date   of the service of the notice.  Such notice shall be served by delivering   a  copy thereof to such person or representative or leaving such copy at   his usual place of abode; and if such service is made by the sheriff  of   the  county,  where  the  person served resided, the certificate of such   sheriff, and if made by any other person, the affidavit  of  such  other   person, shall be presumptive evidence of such service.
NY State Fin L § 117 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 7 - Accounts and Audits 117 - Statements of Accounts Not Rendered.

§  117.  Statements  of  accounts  not rendered. The comptroller shall   state an account against every person who receives moneys  belonging  to   the state for which he does not account when required, charging him with   the  amount  received  according  to  the  best  information  which  the   comptroller may have in regard thereto, with interest at six per  centum   per  annum  from  the  time when the same was due and payable, and shall   deliver a certified copy of such account  to  the  attorney-general  for   prosecution,  and  such  certified copy shall be presumptive evidence of   the indebtedness of such person to  the  state  for  the  amount  stated   therein.    The  person  against  whom  an  action  is  brought  by  the   attorney-general on any such account, shall be liable for  and  pay  the   costs  of the action whether final judgment therein shall be against him   or in his favor, unless he is sued as the representative of  the  person   originally accountable for such moneys.
NY State Fin L § 118 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 7 - Accounts and Audits 118 - Statements of Accounts Rendered.

§   118.  Statements  of  accounts  rendered.  The  comptroller  shall   immediately examine the accounts rendered by  every  public  officer  or   other person receiving moneys belonging to the state, with the vouchers,   and  audit,  adjust  and  make  a  statement thereof.   If any necessary   vouchers are wanting or defective, he shall give notice to  such  person   to  furnish  proper  vouchers  within not less than thirty nor more than   ninety days, and at the expiration of such time he shall  audit,  adjust   and  make a statement of such accounts on the vouchers and proofs before   him. He shall transmit a copy  of  every  account  as  settled  to  such   persons,  and  if any balance is stated therein to be due the state, and   is not paid to the treasurer within ninety days after  its  transmission   to  such  person, the comptroller shall deliver a certified copy of such   account to the attorney-general for  prosecution.  Such  certified  copy   shall  be presumptive evidence of the indebtedness of such person to the   state for the balance so certified, and if on the trial  of  any  action   brought thereon, the defendant gives any evidence other than such as was   produced  to  the comptroller before the statement of such accounts, and   by means thereof, the balance so stated is  reduced  or  no  balance  is   found  to be due, the defendant shall be liable for and pay the costs of   such action.
NY State Fin L § 119 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 7 - Accounts and Audits 119 - Statement of Joint Accounts.

§  119.  Statement  of  joint  accounts.  The  comptroller may, in his   discretion, settle separately  the  accounts  of  one  or  more  persons   receiving  moneys  of  the  state  for which they are accountable to the   state. In such case no person shall plead as  a  defense  to  an  action   brought  for  a balance certified to be due from him, the non-joinder of   any other person, or give in evidence upon the trial  thereof  the  fact   that  any  other  person  was  concerned  with  him  in  the  receipt or   expenditure of such moneys.
NY State Fin L § 120 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 7 - Accounts and Audits 120 - Other Remedies Preserved.

§  120.  Other  remedies preserved. This article does not preclude the   state from the enforcement of any other remedy, for the recovery of  any   debt due or to become due to the state.
NY State Fin L § 122 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 7 - Accounts and Audits 122 - Transmission of Public Moneys.

§  122.  Transmission  of public moneys. The comptroller may make such   regulations and give such directions from time to time,  respecting  the   transmission  to  the treasury of moneys belonging to the state from the   several county treasurers and other public officers as in  his  judgment   is  most  conducive  to  the  interests  of  the  state.  He may, in his   discretion, audit, allow and cause to be paid the  expenses  necessarily   incurred  under  or in consequence of such regulations and directions or   so much thereof as he deems equitable and just.
NY State Fin L § 122-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 7 - Accounts and Audits 122-A - Independent Audit of Annual Financial Statements.

§  122-a.  Independent  audit  of  annual financial statements. 1. The   chairmen and ranking minority members of the  senate  finance  committee   and  the  assembly ways and means committee, in order to ensure that the   provisions of this section  and  paragraph  b  of  subdivision  nine  of   section  eight  of  this chapter are complied with, shall function as an   audit committee for the  purposes  of  receiving  the  results  of  each   independent audit prepared pursuant to section eight of this chapter.2.  The  comptroller, the director of the budget, the state treasurer,   the commissioner of taxation and finance, and any other state officer or   employee shall make available upon request to such independent certified   public accountant all books and records  relevant  to  such  independent   audit.3. The cost of the audit shall be paid out of amounts appropriated for   such purpose.4.  The scope of any audit performed pursuant to this section shall be   an audit of all of  the  basic  financial  statements  and  all  of  the   supporting   schedules   required   by   generally  accepted  accounting   principles to be included in a comprehensive annual financial report.5. Each member of the audit committee shall be entitled to designate a   representative to attend meetings of such committee in his place, and to   vote or otherwise act on his behalf  in  his  absence.  Notice  of  such   designation  shall  be  furnished  in  writing  to such committee by the   designating member. A representative shall serve at the pleasure of  the   designating  member during the member's term of office. A representative   shall not be authorized to delegate any of his duties  or  functions  to   any other person.
NY State Fin L § 123 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 7-A - Citizen-Taxpayer Actions 123 - Legislative Purpose.

§  123.  Legislative  purpose. It is the purpose of the legislature to   recognize that each individual citizen and taxpayer of the state has  an   interest  in  the  proper disposition of all state funds and properties.   Whenever this interest  is  or  may  be  threatened  by  an  illegal  or   unconstitutional act of a state officer or employee, the need for relief   is  so  urgent  that any citizen-taxpayer should have and hereafter does   have a right to seek the remedies provided for herein.
NY State Fin L § 123-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 7-A - Citizen-Taxpayer Actions 123-A - Definitions.

§  123-a.  Definitions. 1. Citizen. A "citizen" is any person who is a   resident of the state.2. Taxpayer. A "taxpayer" is any citizen who has  paid  or  is  paying   state income or state sales taxes.3.   Person.   A   "person"  is  any  individual,  public  or  private   corporation, political subdivision, department or agency of the state or   any local government, the attorney general, an association, or any other   legal entity whatsoever.
NY State Fin L § 123-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 7-A - Citizen-Taxpayer Actions 123-B - Action for Declaratory and Equitable Relief.

§   123-b.   Action   for   declaratory   and   equitable  relief.  1.   Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, any person, who is  a   citizen  taxpayer,  whether  or not such person is or may be affected or   specially aggrieved by the activity herein referred to, may maintain  an   action  for equitable or declaratory relief, or both, against an officer   or employee of the state who in the course of  his  or  her  duties  has   caused,  is  now  causing,  or is about to cause a wrongful expenditure,   misappropriation,   misapplication,   or   any    other    illegal    or   unconstitutional  disbursement  of state funds or state property, except   that  the  provisions  of  this  subdivision  shall  not  apply  to  the   authorization,  sale,  execution  or  delivery  of a bond issue or notes   issued  in  anticipation  thereof  by   the   state   or   any   agency,   instrumentality  or  subdivision thereof or by any public corporation or   public benefit corporation.2. A plaintiff in such an action may join as  a  party  defendant  the   recipient   or  intended  recipient  of  such  a  wrongful  expenditure,   misappropriation,   misapplication,   or   any    other    illegal    or   unconstitutional disbursement of state funds or state property.
NY State Fin L § 123-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 7-A - Citizen-Taxpayer Actions 123-C - Pleadings and Procedure.

§  123-c.  Pleadings  and  procedure.  1.  An  action pursuant to this   article shall be brought in the supreme court in any county wherein  the   disbursement  has  occurred,  is likely to occur, or is occurring, or in   the county in which the  state  officer  or  employee  has  his  or  her   principal office.2.  The complaint in such action shall be either verified or supported   by affidavits.3. Where the plaintiff in such action  is  a  person  other  than  the   attorney  general,  a  copy of the summons and complaint shall be served   upon the attorney general.4. An action under the provisions of this article shall be heard  upon   such  notice  to such officer or employee as the court, justice or judge   shall direct, and shall be promptly determined. The  action  shall  have   preference over all other causes in all courts.
NY State Fin L § 123-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 7-A - Citizen-Taxpayer Actions 123-D - Security for Costs.

§  123-d.  Security for costs. At any stage of the action, upon motion   by the defendant, or upon its own initiative, the court  may  order  the   plaintiff to give an undertaking for costs and taxable disbursements not   to exceed the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars. If plaintiff shall not   have  given  such  undertaking  at the expiration of sixty days from the   date of service of the order upon him or her, the court may, upon motion   of the defendant, dismiss the action and award costs to  the  defendant.   This  section  shall  not  apply to any action commenced by the attorney   general in the name of and on behalf of the people of the state.
NY State Fin L § 123-E (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 7-A - Citizen-Taxpayer Actions 123-E - Relief by the Court.

§  123-e.  Relief  by  the  court. 1. The court may grant equitable or   declaratory relief, or both, including, but not  limited  to:  enjoining   the  activity  complained  of;  restitution to the state of those public   funds disbursed or public property alienated;  in  the  case  of  public   property  wrongfully  alienated,  compelling  payment of the full market   value; a declaration that  a  proposed  disbursement  or  alienation  of   property  would  be illegal; and such other and further relief as to the   court may seem just and proper.2. The court, at the  commencement  of  an  action  pursuant  to  this   article,  or  at  any  time  subsequent  thereto  and  prior to entry of   judgment, upon application by the plaintiff or the attorney  general  on   behalf  of  the  people of the state, may grant a preliminary injunction   and impose such terms and conditions as may be necessary to restrain the   defendant if he or she threatens to commit or is committing  an  act  or   acts which, if committed or continued during the pendency of the action,   would  be  detrimental  to  the public interest. A temporary restraining   order may be granted pending a  hearing  for  a  preliminary  injunction   notwithstanding  the  requirements of section six thousand three hundred   thirteen of the civil practice law and  rules,  where  it  appears  that   immediate and irreparable injury, loss, or damage will result unless the   defendant is restrained before a hearing can be had.
NY State Fin L § 123-F (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 7-A - Citizen-Taxpayer Actions 123-F - Termination of Action.

§  123-f.  Termination  of  action. No action brought pursuant to this   article shall be compromised,  discontinued  or  dismissed  by  consent,   default, or neglect to prosecute, except with approval of the court.
NY State Fin L § 123-G (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 7-A - Citizen-Taxpayer Actions 123-G - Costs and Fees.

§  123-g. Costs and fees. 1. The court shall have the authority to fix   a reasonable sum to reimburse the  plaintiff  for  costs  and  expenses,   including  attorney  fees in an action wherein judgment was rendered for   the plaintiff.  Such attorney fees shall only  be  paid  from  the  fund   established  under section one hundred twenty-three-h of this article to   the extent of money available therein.2. No intervenors, unless they are necessary parties, shall be awarded   attorney fees.
NY State Fin L § 123-I (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 7-A - Citizen-Taxpayer Actions 123-I - Existing Rights and Remedies Preserved.

§  123-i.  Existing  rights  and  remedies  preserved. Nothing in this   article shall abridge or alter rights of  actions  or  remedies  now  or   hereafter existing.
NY State Fin L § 123-J (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 7-A - Citizen-Taxpayer Actions 123-J - Separability.

§  123-j.  Separability.  If  any  provision  of  this article is held   invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions which can  be   given effect without the invalid provision.
NY State Fin L § 125 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 8 - Fiscal Supervision of Certain Institutions 125 - Fiscal Supervision of Certain Institutions.

§ 125. Fiscal supervision of certain institutions. Notwithstanding any   other  provision  of  law  relative  to  the  supervision and control by   departments of any  of  the  institutions  under  the  jurisdiction  and   control  of  the  office  of  temporary  and  disability assistance, the   department  of  health,  the  department  of  mental  hygiene  and   the   department  of corrections and community supervision on the first day of   January, nineteen hundred thirty-nine and of any institution which shall   hereafter be under the jurisdiction of such departments, such department   shall have the powers and duties prescribed by this article with respect   to such institution. This section shall not impair or affect the  powers   of  the commissioner of general services under the provisions of article   eleven of this chapter with respect to estimates made pursuant  to  this   section  so far as they constitute a requisition for material, equipment   or supplies.
NY State Fin L § 128 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 8 - Fiscal Supervision of Certain Institutions 128 - Disposition of Unclaimed Personal Property.

§  128.  Disposition  of  unclaimed personal property. 1. Any personal   property, and any interest or increments accruing thereon, belonging  or   credited  to  a  person in any institution under the jurisdiction of the   office of children and family services, the department  of  health,  the   department   of   mental  hygiene,  the  executive  department,  or  the   department of corrections and community supervision who shall have  been   discharged  from  such  institution  or  who  shall have died or escaped   before discharge or before termination of  sentence,  which  is  in  the   custody  of  the proper officer of such institution, shall, if unclaimed   by such discharged or escaped person or by the legal  representative  of   such  deceased  person  for  a period of six months after the discharge,   decease or escape of such person, be fully inventoried  and  a  copy  of   such  inventory  shall be filed with the commissioner of such department   having  jurisdiction  over  such  institution   and   with   the   state   comptroller.2.  Any  such  personal  property  consisting  of  money or intangible   property shall be paid or delivered forthwith, by such officer,  to  the   state comptroller pursuant to the provisions of section thirteen hundred   four of the abandoned property law.3.  Such  commissioner  shall  cause  any  such property consisting of   tangible personal property, other than money, except  such  property  as   such  commissioner may determine to be valueless or of such little value   that the probable proceeds of a sale thereof would be less than the cost   of  such  sale,  which  property  may  be  ordered  destroyed  by   such   commissioner, to be sold at public or private sale as determined by such   commissioner, and the proceeds from such sale, less the expenses of such   sale, including the costs of any advertising, shall be paid to the state   comptroller  pursuant to the provisions of section thirteen hundred four   of the abandoned property law.
NY State Fin L § 135-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 9 - Contracts 135-A - Definitions.

§  135-a.  Definitions.  As  used  in  this  chapter, unless otherwise   indicated, the term "small business concern" shall mean a business which   is resident  in  this  state,  independently  owned  and  operated,  not   dominant in its field and employs one hundred or less persons.
NY State Fin L § 136 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 9 - Contracts 136 - Contracts in Pursuance of Appropriations.

§  136.  Contracts  in  pursuance  of  appropriations.  A  contract or   contracts made in pursuance of an  appropriation  by  the  state  for  a   specific  object shall be for the completion of the work contemplated by   the appropriation, and in the aggregate shall not exceed the  amount  of   such  appropriation.  A  contract  for  a part of such work shall not be   binding upon the state until contracts are also made covering the entire   work  contemplated  by  such  appropriation,  except  that,   (a)   upon   certification by the agency having jurisdiction to the state comptroller   that  sufficient appropriations remain for completion of the entire work   contemplated,  preliminary   work   such   as   site   preparation   and   infrastructure  work may be commenced for a project where the timeliness   thereof is of the essence and the director of the  budget  certifies  to   such  need  and  to  the  availability of appropriations, and except (b)   where it is expressly provided by such appropriation that a part of  the   work  may  be  done  by  day's  labor.  Except  as  provided  in section   thirty-eight  of  the  highway  law,  every  such  contract   shall   be   accompanied  by  a bond for the completion of the work, specified in the   contract, within the amount stipulated  therein,  which  bond  shall  be   filed in the office of the state comptroller.
NY State Fin L § 136-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 9 - Contracts 136-B - Selection of Underwriters by State Agencies.

* §  136-b.  Selection  of  underwriters by state agencies. Whenever a   state agency, as defined in article  fifteen-A  of  the  executive  law,   sells  its  bonds,  notes  or  other  securities  at  a private sale, in   selecting one or more underwriters to purchase such securities the state   agency shall consider, among other things, the  participation  of  firms   certified  pursuant to such article as minority or women-owned firms and   the ability of other firms under consideration to work with minority and   women-owned  business  enterprises  so  as   to   promote   and   assist   participation by such enterprises.* NB Repealed December 31, 2024
NY State Fin L § 136-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 9 - Contracts 136-C - Contracts for Employee Training and Organizational Development Services.

§   136-c.   Contracts   for   employee  training  and  organizational   development services. The  director  of  employee  relations  is  hereby   authorized  to enter into contracts for use by all state departments and   agencies for services to support employee  training  and  organizational   development   initiatives.  Pursuant  to  procedures  developed  by  the   director  of  employee  relations  in  consultation   with   the   state   comptroller,  agencies  shall  be  permitted  to  access  such contracts   directly in a manner similar to  that  used  for  centralized  commodity   contracts  let  by  the  commissioner  of  general  services pursuant to   section one hundred  sixty-three  of  the  state  finance  law.  Nothing   contained  herein shall preclude the director of employee relations from   adherence to New York state bidding requirements or any other law,  rule   or  regulation  governing  the purchase of consultant services. Further,   nothing contained herein shall restrict or preclude state departments or   agencies from procuring such  training  and  organizational  development   services directly without consideration of contracts let by the director   of employee relations.