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NY Soc Serv L § 92 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 5 - Records, Reports, Funds and Appropriations 92 - Deficiency Appropriations.

§  92.    Deficiency  appropriations.    1.  (a)    Should  the sums appropriated  for  medical  assistance   for   needy   persons,   family assistance,  or  care and protection of children pursuant to article six of this chapter and their administration be expended  or  contracted  or become  exhausted  during  the year for the purposes for which they were appropriated, or should no appropriation have been made, additional sums shall be appropriated by the proper appropriating  bodies,  as  occasion demands, to carry out the provisions of this chapter.  (b)  In cities such additional sums if appropriated shall be paid from unexpended  balances  not  required by law to be expended for a specific purpose, or from contingent funds when such exist.  (c)  In counties, such additional appropriations shall  be  paid  from funds  in  the  county  treasury  available therefor, provided that such funds were raised by taxes levied in a territory identical with that  in which  such  sums  may  be  expended, and then only to the extent of any excess thereof not needed for other purposes under other  provisions  of this chapter.  (d)  Nothing contained in this section, however, shall be construed to prevent  the financing of such deficiency appropriations pursuant to the local finance law.   2.  All the provisions of subdivision one in regard to cities shall be applicable to towns in Dutchess county,  and,  in  every  city  or  town thereof,  except  in  the  city  of  Poughkeepsie,  the  amount  of such additional sums must first be approved by  the  county  commissioner  of public welfare by writing filed with the city or town clerk.
NY Soc Serv L § 93 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 5 - Records, Reports, Funds and Appropriations 93 - Provisions for Financing Home Relief.

§  93.   Provisions for financing home relief.  1.  Definitions.  When used in this section:  (a)  Home relief means home relief as defined in section  one  hundred fifty-seven  and  also  includes  all  administrative  expenses  of home relief.  (b)  Local share of home relief means the total cost or estimated cost of home relief after deducting the amount or  the  estimated  amount  of state  aid  received  or to be received therefor under the then existing law and rules.  (d)  City means any city responsible for the  administration  of  home relief.   2.    Estimates and appropriations.   Each county, city and town shall make an annual estimate and appropriation of the total  amount  required for  the  fiscal  year  for home relief in accordance with this article. Such estimates shall show not only the total amount so required, but the estimated state aid to be received, and the  estimated  local  share  of home relief.   3.    Additional  appropriations  to supply deficiencies in the annual appropriations.    Should  the  sum  or  the  aggregate  of   the   sums appropriated  or  amounts available and authorized to be expended in any county, city or town be less than the amount required in  any  year  for home  relief, supplemental appropriations may be made from time to time, and in that case not less than the same percentage of the local share of home relief included in such supplemental appropriations may  be  raised by  taxes  levied  for the next fiscal year as would have been raised by taxes for  the  current  fiscal  year  if  the  amount  of  supplemental appropriation  had  been  contained  in the annual appropriation for the current fiscal year.   6.  County taxes.  County taxes for the  payment  of  obligations  and interest  thereon,  issued  for  home  relief shall be a charge upon the entire county but shall be levied in the first instance against all  the taxable  property  in  the  territory in which the county public welfare district is responsible for the administration of such home relief.   8.  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this section,  until the  commencement  of  the  fiscal year in any county, city or town next following December first, nineteen hundred forty-six, the local share of the cost of home relief in any year, in lieu of being raised by tax, may be paid from any other funds available,  provided,  however,  no  monies shall be borrowed to pay the cost of home relief.
NY Soc Serv L § 94 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 5 - Records, Reports, Funds and Appropriations 94 - Federal Donated Commodities.

§ 94.  Federal donated commodities. 1.  (a)  Until his social services district  has  been  included  in the food stamp distribution program or programs under section ninety-five, each commissioner of social services is authorized and  required,  in  accordance  with  regulations  of  the department,  to  assist  needy  families  and  individuals of his social services district to obtain federal donated commodities for  their  use, by  certifying, when such is the case, that they are eligible to receive such commodities, and  by  distributing  such  commodities  to  eligible families  and individuals.  However, only those who are receiving or are eligible for public assistance or care and such others as may qualify in accordance with federal requirements and standards  promulgated  by  the department shall be certified as eligible to receive such commodities.  (b)   Each commissioner of social services shall develop and submit to the department  for  its  approval  a  plan  describing  his  district's operations  under this section, which plan shall accord with federal and state requirements.   2.  Federal donated commodities shall not be deemed or construed to be public assistance and care  or  a  substitute,  in  whole  or  in  part, therefor;  and  the receipt of such commodities by eligible families and individuals shall not subject them, their legally responsible relatives, their property or their estates to any demand,  claim  or  liability  on account thereof.   3.  A person's need or eligibility for public assistance or care shall not be affected by his receipt of federal donated commodities.   4.    Any inconsistent provisions of law notwithstanding, expenditures made  by  social  services  districts  for  the  purpose  of  certifying eligibility  of  needy  families  and  individuals  for  federal donated commodities and for distributing  such  commodities  to  them  shall  be deemed  to  be  expenditures for the administration of public assistance and care  and  shall  be  subject  to  reimbursement  by  the  state  in accordance with the provisions of section one hundred fifty-three to the extent of one hundred percentum thereof.
NY Soc Serv L § 96 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 5 - Records, Reports, Funds and Appropriations 96 - Use of Subprofessional Staff.

§  96.    Use of subprofessional staff.  Any inconsistent provision of   law, general, special or local notwithstanding, a local social  services   district  shall  provide  for  the  training  and use of subprofessional   staff,  with  particular  emphasis  on  the  use  of  public  assistance   recipients in accordance with state and federal requirements.
NY Soc Serv L § 101 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 6 - Powers to Enforce Support 101 - Liability of Relatives to Support.

§  101.    Liability  of relatives to support. 1.  Except as otherwise   provided by  law,  the  spouse  or  parent  of  a  recipient  of  public   assistance  or  care  or  of  a  person liable to become in need thereof   shall, if of sufficient ability, be responsible for the support of  such   person, provided that a parent shall be responsible only for the support   of  a  child  under  the age of twenty-one years.  Step-parents shall in   like manner be responsible for the support of  step-children  under  the   age  of twenty-one years. Nothing herein shall impose any liability upon   a person to support the adopted child of his or her spouse if such child   was adopted after the adopting spouse is living separate and apart  from   the  non-adopting  spouse  pursuant to a legally recognizable separation   agreement or decree under the domestic relations law.    Such  liability   shall  not  be  imposed  for  so long as the spouses remain separate and   apart after the adoption.2.  The liability imposed by this section shall be for the benefit  of   the  public  welfare  district  concerned  or  any  legally incorporated   non-profit institution which receives  payments  from  any  governmental   agency  for  the  care of medically indigent persons, and such liability   may be enforced by appropriate proceedings and actions  in  a  court  of   competent  jurisdiction.  Such proceedings and actions may be brought by   such an institution in any court wherein a similar proceeding or  action   could be brought by a public welfare official.3. The expiration of any period of time for the payment of maintenance   by a court in a matrimonial action shall not be a bar to the enforcement   of the liability imposed by this section.
NY Soc Serv L § 101-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 6 - Powers to Enforce Support 101-A - Proceedings to Compel Support by Persons in Need Thereof.

§ 101-a.  Proceedings to compel support by persons in need thereof.  A   recipient  of  public assistance or care or a person liable to become in   need thereof may bring proceedings in a court of competent  jurisdiction   against  any  person  responsible  for his or her support as provided in   section one hundred one of this chapter to compel  any  such  person  so   responsible to provide for or contribute to such support.
NY Soc Serv L § 102 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 6 - Powers to Enforce Support 102 - Powers of Public Welfare Officials to Bring and Defend Suits.

§  102.  Powers of public welfare officials to bring and defend suits.   A public welfare official responsible, by or pursuant to  any  provision   of this chapter, for the administration of the public assistance or care   granted  or  applied for is empowered to bring proceedings in a court of   competent jurisdiction1.  to compel any person liable by law for support  to  contribute  to   the  support of any person cared for at public expense, or person liable   to become so dependent.  A bond may be required of  such  person  liable   for support to indemnify the public welfare district against the cost of   the support of such person;2.    to  recover  penalties,  forfeitures  and  prosecute  any bonds,   undertakings and recognizances;3.  and defend in any court all matters relating  to  the  support  of   persons at public expense.
NY Soc Serv L § 103 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 6 - Powers to Enforce Support 103 - Seizure of Property of Persons Liable for Support.

§  103.    Seizure  of  property  of persons liable for support.   The   responsible  public  welfare  official  may  apply  to  a  court  having   jurisdiction  in  actions  involving  an  amount  equal  to the value of   property to be seized for a warrant to seize the real or personal estate   of a person who absents himself, leaving any one for whose support he is   liable dependent upon public support or liable to become  so  dependent.   If  such  a warrant be issued, the public welfare official may seize the   property and apply the proceeds as directed by the court.
NY Soc Serv L § 104 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 6 - Powers to Enforce Support 104 - Recovery From a Person Discovered to Have Property.

§ 104. Recovery from a person discovered to have property. 1. A public   welfare  official  may  bring  action  or  proceeding  against  a person   discovered to have real or personal property, or against the  estate  or   the executors, administrators and successors in interest of a person who   dies  leaving  real or personal property, if such person, or any one for   whose support he is or was liable, received assistance and  care  during   the  preceding  ten  years,  and  shall be entitled to recover up to the   value of such property the cost of such assistance or care.  Any  public   assistance  or  care received by such person shall constitute an implied   contract. No claim of a public welfare official against  the  estate  or   the executors, administrators and successors in interest of a person who   dies  leaving real or personal property, shall be barred or defeated, in   whole or in part, by any lack of sufficiency of ability on the  part  of   such person during the period assistance and care were received.Nor  shall the claim asserted by a public welfare official against any   person under this section be impaired, impeded, barred or  defeated,  in   whole or in part, on the grounds that another person or persons may also   have been liable to contribute.In  all  claims of the public welfare official made under this section   the public welfare official shall be deemed a preferred creditor.2. No right of action shall accrue against a person  under  twenty-one   years  of  age by reason of the assistance or care granted to him unless   at the time it was  granted  the  person  was  possessed  of  money  and   property  in  excess of his reasonable requirements, taking into account   his  maintenance,  education,  medical  care  and  any   other   factors   applicable to his condition.3.  To  the  extent described in section 7-1.12 of the estates, powers   and trusts law, the trustee of a supplemental needs trust which conforms   to the provisions of such section 7-1.12  shall  not  be  deemed  to  be   holding assets for the benefit of a beneficiary who may otherwise be the   subject  of  a  claim  under  this  section and no action may be brought   against either  the  trust  or  the  trustee  to  recover  the  cost  of   assistance  or care provided to such person, or anyone for whose support   such person is or was liable.4. Any inconsistent provision of this chapter  or  of  any  other  law   notwithstanding,  a  social  services  official may not assert any claim   under any provision of  this  chapter  to  recover  payments  of  public   assistance   if   such   payments   were  reimbursed  by  child  support   collections.
NY Soc Serv L § 104-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 6 - Powers to Enforce Support 104-A - Transfer of Property for the Purpose of Qualifying for Assistance; Presumption.

§  104-a.    Transfer  of  property  for the purpose of qualifying for   assistance; presumption.  For the purposes of  the  provisions  of  this   chapter disqualifying a person from eligibility for a category of public   assistance  or  care  by reason of his voluntary transfer of property, a   transfer of property made within one year from the date of the  person's   application  for such assistance shall be presumed to have been made for   the purpose of qualifying for such assistance.
NY Soc Serv L § 105 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 6 - Powers to Enforce Support 105 - Claim on Insurance.

§  105.    Claim  on insurance.   If a person, who has received public   assistance or care, shall die leaving insurance, and the estate  of  the   assured  is named as beneficiary, or no beneficiary is named, the social   services official shall be entitled to a preferred claim to be paid  out   of such insurance to the amount of the cost of such assistance and care,   and  for  funeral  expenses not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars.  If   the insured leaves a surviving spouse  or  children  under  the  age  of   twenty-one  years  who are, or are liable to become, public charges, the   social services official may, in his discretion, waive his claim to such   insurance or any part thereof to which he would otherwise be entitled.
NY Soc Serv L § 106-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 6 - Powers to Enforce Support 106-A - Exemption From Payment of Fees for Instruments Affecting Real or Personal Property; Exemption of Mortgages From Mortgage Recording Tax.

§  106-a.    Exemption  from payment of fees for instruments affecting   real  or  personal  property;  exemption  of  mortgages  from   mortgage   recording  tax.    Any  inconsistent provision of law notwithstanding, a   social services official shall not be required to pay  any  fee  to  any   clerk,   register   or   other  public  officer  for  entering,  filing,   registering or recording  any  instrument  affecting  real  or  personal   property  or  to  the  surrogate  court when such official in taking any   proceeding with respect to the estate of a person who was a recipient of   benefits from social services pertaining to the exercise by  the  social   services  official of any of the powers conferred or duties imposed upon   him by any of the  provisions  of  this  chapter.    Mortgages  on  real   property taken by social services officials pursuant to this chapter for   assistance  and  care  of persons at public expense shall be exempt from   the mortgage recording taxes imposed by article eleven of the  tax  law.   The  exemption  from mortgage recording taxes herein provided shall also   apply to all mortgages heretofore taken by social services officials and   recorded without payment of mortgage taxes, retroactively to the date of   recording of such mortgages.
NY Soc Serv L § 106-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 6 - Powers to Enforce Support 106-B - Adjustment for Incorrect Payments.

§   106-b.  Adjustment  for  incorrect  payments.    Any  inconsistent   provision of law notwithstanding, a social services official  shall,  in   accordance  with  the  regulations of the department and consistent with   federal law and regulations, take all necessary  steps  to  correct  any   overpayment  or underpayment to a public assistance recipient; provided,   however, that a social services official may waive recovery  of  a  past   overpayment,  in  the  case  of  an  individual  who  is not currently a   recipient of public assistance, where the cost of  recovery  is  greater   than the cost of collections as determined in accordance with department   regulations  consistent  with federal law and regulations.  For purposes   of this section, overpayment shall include payments made to an  eligible   person  in  excess  of his needs as defined in this chapter and payments   made to ineligible persons (including  payments  made  to  such  persons   pending  a  fair  hearings  decision). The commissioner shall promulgate   regulations to implement  procedures  for  correcting  overpayments  and   underpayments.  The  procedures  for  correcting  overpayments  shall be   designed to minimize adverse impact on the recipient, and to the  extent   possible  avoid  undue hardship.  Notwithstanding any other provision of   law to the contrary, no underpayment shall be corrected with respect  to   a  person who is currently not eligible for or in receipt of home relief   or aid to dependent children, except that  corrective  payments  may  be   made  with respect to persons formerly eligible for or in receipt of aid   to dependent children to the extent that  federal  law  and  regulations   require.
NY Soc Serv L § 106-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 6 - Powers to Enforce Support 106-C - Crediting of Overpayment of Tax to Obligation of Public Assistance Recipients.

§  106-c.  Crediting  of  overpayment  of  tax to obligation of public   assistance recipients. 1. The commissioner shall enter into an agreement   with the commissioner of taxation and finance which shall set forth  the   procedures  for  the  crediting  of  overpayments  of  tax  owed  to  an   individual taxpayer, estate or trust to the repayment of overpayments of   grants and allowances owed  to  the  department  or  a  social  services   district  by  such  person  pursuant  to  the  provisions of section one   hundred seventy-one-f of the tax law and is authorized to furnish to the   commissioner of taxation and finance such information and to  take  such   other  actions  as  may be necessary to carry out the agreement provided   for in such section,  for  the  crediting  of  overpayments  of  tax  to   repayment of overpayments of public assistance.The  department  shall by regulation establish procedures by which any   individual, estate or trust which is the subject of a  certification  to   the department of taxation and finance in accordance with such agreement   may contest such certification. Such regulations and the notice required   by subdivision three of section one hundred seventy-one-f of the tax law   shall  set  forth  defenses  which  may  be available to the individual,   estate or trust to contest such certification and the manner in which  a   review of the certification based on such defenses may be obtained.2. In accordance with such agreement and the provisions of section one   hundred  seventy-one-f  of the tax law, the department shall be entitled   to receive payments to  satisfy  the  payment  obligation  of  a  person   receiving  or who has received grants and allowances pursuant to section   one hundred thirty-one-a,  section  one  hundred  thirty-one-s,  section   three hundred one, and section three hundred fifty-j of this chapter, in   accordance  with  a  written  final determination of the department or a   social services district, provided that no proceeding for administrative   or judicial review shall then be pending and the time for initiation  of   such proceeding shall have expired.
NY Soc Serv L § 107 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 6 - Powers to Enforce Support 107 - Disposal of Seized Property and Penalties Collected.

§  107.    Disposal  of  seized property and penalties collected.  All   properties seized and  penalties  collected  shall  be  administered  in   accordance  with  the direction of the court having jurisdiction.  After   the expenses approved by the court have been paid the balance  shall  be   used  for  the  maintenance  of  such person, or to reimburse the public   welfare fund for expenditures previously  made  for  his  assistance  or   care.
NY Soc Serv L § 108 (2021)
2021 New York Laws SOS - Social Services Article 3 - Local Public Welfare Organization; Powers and Duties Title 6 - Powers to Enforce Support 108 - Appointment of Guardians for Minors; Notice of Accounting.

§ 108.  Appointment of guardians for minors; notice of accounting.  If   the  beneficiary  of  such seized property or penalty which is collected   shall be a minor who is not in the custody of a parent and for  whom  no   guardian  has  been  appointed,  the  court having jurisdiction over the   matter shall appoint a guardian of the property for such minor.   Notice   of  the  accounting  shall  be  given  to  the person, or the executors,   administrators or successors  in  interest  of  the  person,  for  whose   support  the  property  has been seized or the penalty collected, and to   the guardian of any minor affected thereby.