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NY State Fin L § 8-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 2 - General Fiscal Provisions 8-A - Deviations From Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

§  8-a.  Deviations from generally accepted accounting principles.  In   carrying out the accounting  and  financial  reporting  responsibilities   assigned  to  him by subdivisions two, two-a, nine and nine-a of section   eight of this chapter, the comptroller is authorized to  interpret  and,   if  he  deems  it  necessary, deviate from generally accepted accounting   principles, provided  that  any  deviations  shall  be  subject  to  the   following requirements:1.  If authoritative national governmental accounting standard-setting   bodies differ with each other  as  to  the  specification  of  generally   accepted  accounting  principles,  the  comptroller in the annual report   required by subdivision nine of section eight  of  this  chapter,  shall   designate  the body whose principles he has chosen to follow and explain   the reasons for his choice.2.  If,  because  of  a  change  in  generally   accepted   accounting   principles,  the  comptroller  determines  that  it  is  not possible to   conform  fully  with  generally  accepted  accounting  principles,   the   comptroller shall in such annual report specify the principles that will   be  followed and outline a program for future conformance with generally   accepted accounting principles.3. If, in the opinion of the comptroller, adherence  to  a  particular   aspect  of  generally  accepted  accounting principles would result in a   less complete  or  less  fair  presentation  of  the  state's  financial   position  and  results  of  operations than an alternative principle, he   shall specify in such annual  report  the  alternative  principle  being   followed.4.  If,  in  the opinion of the comptroller, adherence to a particular   aspect of  generally  accepted  accounting  principles  is  impractical,   prohibitively  costly,  or  undesirable  on  the  basis  of cost-benefit   considerations, the comptroller shall specify the alternative  principle   being followed, and the reasons including cost information, if relevant,   for his determination in this regard.
NY State Fin L § 8-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 2 - General Fiscal Provisions 8-B - Additional Duties of the Comptroller.

§  8-b.  Additional  duties  of the comptroller. 1. The comptroller is   hereby authorized and directed to  assess  fringe  benefit  and  central   service  agency  indirect  costs  on  all  non-general funds, and on the   general fund upon request and at the sole discretion of the director  of   the  budget,  and  to charge such assessments to such funds. Such fringe   benefit and indirect costs assessments shall be based on rates  provided   to  the  comptroller by the director of the budget. Copies of such rates   shall be provided to the legislative fiscal committees.2.  Receipts  derived  from  such  indirect  costs  assessments,  paid   pursuant  to  appropriations,  shall  be deposited to the indirect costs   recovery account. Receipts derived from the fringe benefit  assessments,   paid  pursuant  to  appropriations,  shall  be  deposited  to the fringe   benefit escrow account. If any of the  fringe  benefit  escrow  accounts   have   available  balances,  such  balances  may  be  applied  to  other   categories in the general state charges schedule as  determined  by  the   director of the budget.
NY State Fin L § 8-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 2 - General Fiscal Provisions 8-C - Enterprise Fraud Prevention and Detection System.

§  8-c.  Enterprise  fraud  prevention  and  detection  system.  1. In furtherance of the comptroller's constitutional and statutory functions, duties and responsibilities, the comptroller  may,  within  his  or  her discretion,  establish,  implement and update as necessary an electronic data analytical enterprise fraud prevention and detection system for the prevention of fraud,  waste  and  abuse  in  state  government  and  the detection and prevention of improper payments of public moneys.   2.  State  agencies  shall  fully support and cooperate with the state comptroller by providing the  state  comptroller  with  access  to  data requested  by the state comptroller, in accordance with applicable state and federal law, to allow such data to be integrated into such  analytic efforts  as  the state comptroller may deem necessary. For this purpose, the term "state agency" shall mean any of  the  following  performing  a governmental or proprietary function for the executive department of the state:  a  state  department, the state university of New York, the city university of New York, and any  board,  bureau,  division,  commission, committee, council, office or similar governmental entity.   3. In support of the enterprise fraud prevention and detection system, the state comptroller shall establish protocols:  (a)  for  data  sharing, secure file transfers and/or other methods to obtain real-time, regular and/or  periodic  data  from  state  agencies, provided,  however,  that  access  to such data by the state comptroller shall not waive any privilege or right of confidentiality;  (b) to ensure the safety, security, integrity and privacy of all  data shared with his or her office in accordance with the system; and  (c)  for  the  authorized retention and deletion of data obtained from state agencies.   4. In connection with such system, the state comptroller,  in  his  or her discretion, may:  (a)  develop  a  long-range  plan for preventing or detecting improper payments of public moneys, and the prevention and  detection  of  waste, fraud and abuse in government operations;  (b)  acquire  technology  including, but not limited to, software that enhances  the  following  capabilities:  (i)  automated  detection   and alerting;   (ii)  continuous  monitoring  of  program  transactions  and activity, to detect  fraud  and  improper  payments  both  prospectively (before  the  payment  is  made) and retrospectively (after payments are made); (iii)  detection  of  non-transactional  fraud  such  as  program eligibility issues and identify theft; and  (c) evaluate potential savings resulting from such efforts.   5.  The  state comptroller shall report annually to the legislature no later than the first day of September, two thousand sixteen and annually thereafter on the progress, status and results  of  the  system  created pursuant  to  this  section  and subdivision two of section twenty-eight hundred three of the public authorities law.
NY State Fin L § 9 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 2 - General Fiscal Provisions 9 - Subpoenas; Oaths.

§  9.  Subpoenas;  oaths.  The  comptroller,  deputy  comptrollers and   assistant deputy comptroller, or either of them, may issue a subpoena or   subpoenas  requiring  a  person  or  persons  to   attend   before   the   comptroller, a deputy comptroller or assistant deputy comptroller and be   examined  in  reference to any matter within the scope of the inquiry or   investigation being conducted by the comptroller, and, in a proper case,   to bring with him, a book or  paper.    A  subpoena  issued  under  this   section  shall  be  regulated  by  the civil practice law and rules. The   comptroller and deputy comptroller or assistant  deputy  comptroller  or   any  person  designated  in  writing by them may administer an oath to a   witness in any such inquiry or investigation.This section shall not be construed to abrogate or  limit  the  powers   granted  to  the  comptroller  or  examiners  of  municipal  accounts as   provided in section thirty-five of the general municipal law.
NY State Fin L § 10 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 2 - General Fiscal Provisions 10 - Compromise of Old Judgments and Debts.

§  10. Compromise of old judgments and debts. The attorney-general and   comptroller, or either  of  them,  may  acknowledge  satisfaction  of  a   judgment in favor of the people of the state when the same is settled or   discharged.  The comptroller, with the approval of the attorney-general,   may compromise, settle, release and discharge any judgment  or  contract   debt not in judgment in favor of the state, after the lapse of ten years   since  the  recovery  of  the judgment, or since the debt became due, on   such terms as the comptroller and attorney-general  deem  for  the  best   interest of the state.
NY State Fin L § 11 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 2 - General Fiscal Provisions 11 - Gifts, Devises and Bequests.

§  11.  Gifts,  devises  and bequests. Whenever any gift or bequest of   money is lawfully made to the state, or to any department, board, bureau   or officer thereof, the amount of such gift or bequest shall be paid  to   the  department of taxation and finance to be held by such department in   trust for the uses and purposes specified by the donor. Any such  grant,   gift  or  bequest  shall  be deposited by the department of taxation and   finance in the treasury to the credit of a special fund to be designated   by the state comptroller. Such trust fund  shall  be  disbursed  by  the   department  of taxation and finance after audit by the state comptroller   for the uses and purposes specified by the donor upon  certification  of   the department, board, bureau or officer for whose benefit the trust was   created.No  gift,  grant, devise or bequest, other than grants from the United   States, shall hereafter be received or accepted by the state or  by  any   department,  board, bureau or officer thereof without specific statutory   authority unless such gift, grant, devise or bequest  is  unconditional.   The  provisions of this section shall be controlling, any other general,   special or local law inconsistent therewith  notwithstanding,  provided,   however,  that nothing herein contained shall prohibit the acceptance of   conditional gifts or devises of real property or  any  interest  therein   for highway or parkway right of ways.
NY State Fin L § 12 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 2 - General Fiscal Provisions 12 - Annual Reports to Legislature by Institutions Entitled to Receive Money From State.

§  12.  Annual  reports  to  legislature  by  institutions entitled to   receive money from state. All institutions and societies entitled by law   to receive money from the state shall  make  an  annual  report  to  the   legislature  on or before the fifteenth day of January in each year, and   no such money shall be paid in any such case until such report is made.
NY State Fin L § 13 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 2 - General Fiscal Provisions 13 - Boards of Visitors.

§  13.  Boards  of  visitors.  A  member  of  the board of visitors, a   manager, trustee or officer of any state charitable or other institution   receiving moneys from the state treasury  for  maintenance  and  support   shall  be  entitled  to  actual  and  necessary  traveling expenses when   attending meetings of the board at the office of the institution  or  in   the  performance  of  other  official  duties  undertaken  pursuant to a   resolution of the board of visitors of which he is a  member,  and  with   the approval of the head of the department under the control of which an   institution is maintained.
NY State Fin L § 14 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 2 - General Fiscal Provisions 14 - Departmental Statements.

§  14.  Departmental  statements. In addition to the annual department   reports prescribed by law, the head of each department of the state,  on   or before the fifteenth day of October in each year, shall submit to the   governor  a  statement  of  the  sources, amounts and disposition of all   money received by such department, its divisions,  bureaus  or  officers   for  the  preceding  fiscal  year other than money appropriated for such   department by the legislature or money that was paid by such  department   into  the  treasury.  Such  statement shall include a description of the   nature and the amount of each fund, if any, then under  the  supervision   or  control  of  such  department  or  the  head  thereof  or  under the   supervision or control of any division,  bureau,  commission,  board  or   other  organization  therein  or under the supervision or control of the   head or any other officer of such division, bureau, commission, board or   organization, which was derived from any source whether or not deposited   in the treasury, a citation of the statute authorizing the  creation  or   establishment  of  each  such  fund  and  the  nature  and amount of any   payments made therefrom during the preceding fiscal year.  The  director   of  the budget in the executive department shall make rules, which shall   be approved by the governor, regulating the form and  contents  of  such   statements.  Copies of such statements shall be simultaneously furnished   to the  senate  finance  committee  and  the  assembly  ways  and  means   committee for their information.The  governor,  in such form and with such explanation as the governor   may desire, shall transmit to the legislature, with the annual budget, a   recapitulation  or  summary  of  the  information  contained   in   such   statements  arranged under appropriate headings for each department. The   provisions of this section shall not apply to any funds received by  the   superintendent  of  financial services in a fiduciary capacity or to the   state teachers' retirement fund, or any state employees' retirement  and   pension  fund,  but  such exemption from the application of this section   shall not affect any other  provision  of  law  requiring  a  report  or   statement of such funds.
NY State Fin L § 14-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 2 - General Fiscal Provisions 14-A - Tax Audit Reporting System.

§  14-a. Tax audit reporting system. 1. The department of taxation and   finance shall establish and maintain a comprehensive tax audit reporting   system which shall provide the  governor  and  the  legislature  with  a   systematic  method  to  evaluate  the progress made by the department in   achieving revenue targets. In order to ensure that the reporting  system   is  made  an  integral  part  of  the  state  fiscal plan, the following   procedure is hereby established for the  development  of  the  form  and   contents of tax audit target reports and quarterly tax audit reports and   for the submission of such reports.2.  Annually,  but no later than ninety days prior to the commencement   of each fiscal year, the department shall submit to the governor, a  tax   audit  target  report  for such fiscal year which contains the following   information for each general and special  revenue  fund  tax,  the  cash   receipts  of  which during the last completed state fiscal year exceeded   fifty million dollars: annual and quarterly  numbers  of  audits  to  be   completed,  annual  and  quarterly  dollar  amounts  of  assessments and   collections expected, anticipated annual average assessments and average   collections per audit, and anticipated annual  average  assessments  and   average  collections  per auditor for each such tax source. This data is   to be provided differentiating between solely utilizing  existing  staff   levels  and  any  proposed changes to such levels. Copies of such report   shall be simultaneously furnished to the senate  finance  committee  and   the assembly ways and means committee for their information.3.  In  addition,  after the tax audit target report for a fiscal year   has been submitted as required, the department shall submit quarterly to   the governor, within thirty days of the close of  each  quarter  of  the   state fiscal year to which such tax audit target report shall pertain, a   quarterly  tax  audit  report which summarizes the actual experiences to   date of assessments  and  collections  for  each  tax  source  in  forms   suitable  for comparison with such target report. Such quarterly reports   shall provide an explanation of the causes of any major  deviation  from   the  targets  set  in  such  target report. Copies of such quarterly tax   audit reports shall be simultaneously furnished to  the  senate  finance   committee   and   the  assembly  ways  and  means  committee  for  their   information.
NY State Fin L § 15 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 2 - General Fiscal Provisions 15 - Fees to Be Charged for Certain Documents.

§  15.  Fees  to be charged for certain documents. 1. Except as herein   otherwise provided, no blank, report, pamphlet or other document printed   pursuant to law by or under the supervision and  direction  of  a  state   department,  or  a division, officer, board, bureau, commission or other   state agency, included within such department,  shall  be  furnished  or   distributed  to  any  person  except on payment of a fee therefor, to be   fixed as herein provided.2. The head of each state department shall adopt rules and regulations   governing  the  printing  and  distribution  of  all  blanks,   reports,   pamphlets  and  other  documents  printed  by or under the direction and   supervision of his department,  or  of  any  officer,  board,  division,   bureau,   commission   or   other  state  agency  included  within  such   department, and containing an itemized schedule of fees  to  be  charged   therefor.  Such  rules  and  regulations  shall  be  submitted  by  such   department head to the director of the budget  and,  upon  his  approval   thereof,  shall  have  the  force  and  effect  of  law.  Such rules and   regulations may be revised from time to time, subject to the approval of   such director. In preparing such schedule of fees each  department  head   shall  be  guided,  as far as possible, by the unit cost to the state of   the preparation, printing and  distribution  of  such  blanks,  reports,   pamphlets  and  other  documents. A copy of the rules and regulations in   force for each department shall be at all times conspicuously  displayed   in the principal office of such department and in the particular portion   of  such  department  where  the  blanks,  reports,  pamphlets and other   documents of the department are available for distribution.3. No fee shall be charged for furnishing a report or  other  document   which  is  required  by law to be made or furnished to the governor, the   legislature or to any of the state departments, and the director of  the   budget may prescribe other cases in which no fee shall be charged.4.  A  true  record  and account of all fees received pursuant to this   section shall be kept by the head  of  each  department  or  by  someone   delegated by him to perform such task.5.  Nothing  herein  contained  shall  apply  to reports, documents or   pamphlets furnished to the governor, a  member  of  the  legislature,  a   representative of the press, the head of any state department.6.  All  fees collected by the commissioner of transportation pursuant   to the provisions of this section shall be deposited by the  comptroller   into the special obligation reserve and payment account of the dedicated   highway   and   bridge   trust  fund  established  pursuant  to  section   eighty-nine-b of this chapter.
NY State Fin L § 16 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 2 - General Fiscal Provisions 16 - Rate of Interest on Judgments and Accrued Claims Against the State.

§  16.  Rate  of  interest on judgments and accrued claims against the   state.  The rate of interest to be paid by the state upon  any  judgment   or  accrued claim against the state shall not exceed nine per centum per   annum.
NY State Fin L § 17 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 2 - General Fiscal Provisions 17 - Reports on Financed Equipment Acquisitions.

§  17.  Reports on financed equipment acquisitions. Within thirty days   following the  close  of  each  calendar  quarter,  beginning  with  the   calendar  quarter  ending  on  December  thirty-first,  nineteen hundred   eighty-eight,  the  director  of  the  budget  shall,  to   the   extent   practicable,  provide  a  report  to  the  chairs  of the senate finance   committee and the assembly ways and means committee showing expenditures   for lease purchase and installment  purchase  payments  made  by  or  on   behalf  of  any  state  department  and  agency or any unit of the state   university or  city  university  of  New  York  for  financed  equipment   acquisitions  during  the preceding calendar quarter. Such reports shall   be  organized  by  agency,  program,  fund,  and  appropriation.   State   departments  and agencies and units of the state university and the city   university of New York, the state comptroller, and the  commissioner  of   the  office  of  general services shall assist the director in obtaining   the information necessary to produce such reports.
NY State Fin L § 19 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 2 - General Fiscal Provisions 19 - Returned Check Charge.

§  19.  Returned  check charge. 1. As used in this section, (a) "state   agency" shall  mean  any  state  department,  board,  bureau,  division,   commission,  committee,  public  authority,  public benefit corporation,   council, office, or other governmental entity performing a  governmental   or  proprietary function for the state; and (b) "dishonored check" shall   mean a check, draft or like instrument drawn on a  bank,  depository  or   financial  institution  as full or partial payment for an unpaid balance   on an account, or for other extensions of credit or payments  of  money,   which  is  not  paid or is dishonored or is returned by such institution   due to insufficient funds or other cause not attributable to  the  state   of New York.2.  Any  individual,  business  or  other entity, which is not a state   agency, municipal  corporation  or  district  corporation,  which  makes   payment to a state agency by a check which is dishonored shall be liable   to  such state agency for a returned check charge. The state director of   the budget shall: (i) promulgate such guidelines as the  director  deems   necessary to carry out the provisions of this section and (ii) establish   a  reasonable  monetary  amount of the returned check charge which shall   not exceed the  amount  set  forth  in  section  5-328  of  the  general   obligations law.3.  Any returned check charges assessed pursuant to this section shall   be paid upon notice and demand and shall be treated and collected in the   same manner as the original debt upon which  the  dishonored  check  was   received and shall be collected by a state agency when such agency deems   collection to be administratively practical and cost-effective.4. The provisions of this section shall not supersede any provision of   law or regulation or contract which provides a remedy for the remittance   of a dishonored check to the state of New York.5.  All  contracts  entered  into  or any regulation promulgated on or   after the effective date of this section which waives the imposition  of   returned  check  charges  or  imposes returned check charges in a manner   inconsistent with this section must be approved by the state division of   the budget.
NY State Fin L § 20 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 3 - The Budget 20 - Division of the Budget.

§  20.  Division  of  the  budget. Functions, powers and duties of the   governor, under this article, shall belong to the executive  department,   and  shall  be  exercised  and  performed  by the governor, or under his   direction, through the division of the budget.