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NY State Fin L § 67-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 5-B - Limitations on State-Supported Debt 67-A - Definitions.

§  67-a.  Definitions.  When  used in this article the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:   1. "State-supported debt" shall mean any  bonds  or  notes,  including bonds  or  notes  issued  to  fund  reserve funds and costs of issuance, issued by the state or a state public corporation for which the state is constitutionally obligated to  pay  debt  service  or  is  contractually obligated  to pay debt service subject to an appropriation, except where the state has a contingent contractual obligation.   2. "Total personal income of the state" shall mean the  most  recently published  estimate  of  the  immediately preceding calendar year annual total personal income of the state of  New  York  as  published  by  the United  States department of commerce or any successor agency from which information  is  available  most  proximate   and   prior   to   October thirty-first,  two thousand one and to October thirty-first of each year thereafter. Subsequent  revisions  of  the  published  estimated  dollar amount  for any calendar year estimate employed pursuant to the terms of this subdivision shall not affect the validity of the determination made for any fiscal year.   3. "Total governmental funds receipts" shall mean the total amount  of receipts  of all governmental funds of the state including general fund, special revenue funds, capital funds and debt service funds  as  finally reported  by the state comptroller on a cash basis of accounting for the state fiscal year, but shall exclude cash transfers  between  funds  and include  any  cash  management  or  other  related  transactions whereby receipts in  a  state  fiscal  year  were  reduced  and  maintained  for subsequent use.   4. "Capital work or purpose" shall mean any project involving:  (i)  the  acquisition,  construction,  demolition, or replacement of a fixed asset or assets;  (ii) the major repair or renovation of a fixed asset, or assets  which materially  extends  its useful life or materially improves or increases its capacity; or  (iii)  the  planning  or  design  of  the  acquisition,  construction, demolition,  replacement, major repair or renovation of a fixed asset or assets, including the preparation and review of plans and specifications including engineering and other services, field surveys and  sub-surface investigations incidental thereto.
NY State Fin L § 68-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 5-C - Revenue Bond Financing Program 68-A - Definitions.

§  68-a.  Definitions. 1. "Authorized issuer" shall mean the following public authorities and public benefit corporations, and  any  successors thereto:  (a) the dormitory authority of the state of New York;  (b) the urban development corporation;  (c) the New York state thruway authority;  (d) the New York state environmental facilities corporation;  (e) the New York state housing finance agency.   2.  "Authorized  purpose"  for  purposes  of  this article and section ninety-two-z  of  this  chapter  shall  mean  any  purposes  for   which state-supported  debt,  as  defined  by  section  sixty-seven-a  of this chapter, may or has been issued except  debt  for  which  the  state  is constitutionally  obligated  thereunder  to pay debt service and related expenses.   3. "Revenue bonds" for  the  purposes  of  this  article  and  section ninety-two-z  of this chapter shall mean any bonds, notes or obligations issued or incurred pursuant to section sixty-eight-b of this article.
NY State Fin L § 68-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 5-C - Revenue Bond Financing Program 68-C - Payments to Authorized Issuers.

§  68-c.  Payments to authorized issuers. 1. The state, acting through   the director of the budget,  and  authorized  issuers  may  enter  into,   amend, modify, or rescind one or more financing agreements providing for   the  specific  manner,  timing,  and amount of payments to be made under   this section, but only in conformity with this section.2. No later than October first of each year,  the  authorized  issuers   shall  certify  to  the  director  of  the  budget  the anticipated cash   requirements related to revenue bonds during the subsequent state fiscal   year in such detail as the director may require.3. Upon receipt of a voucher from  any  authorized  issuer  requesting   payment  for  such  amount  or  amounts certified by the director of the   budget  pursuant  to  paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  five  of  section   ninety-two-z  of  this  chapter,  the  state  comptroller shall pay such   amount or amounts to the authorized issuer from appropriations for  such   purpose.4.  The  agreement  of  the  state  contained in this section shall be   deemed executory only to the  extent  of  appropriations  available  for   payments  under  this  section,  and no liability on account of any such   payment shall be incurred by the state beyond such appropriations.5. Nothing contained in this article shall be deemed to  restrict  the   right  of the state to amend, repeal, modify or otherwise alter statutes   imposing  or  relating  to  the  taxes  imposed  pursuant   to   article   twenty-two,  article  twenty-four,  and article twenty-four-A of the tax   law. The authorized issuers shall not  include  within  any  resolution,   contract  or  agreement  with  holders of the revenue bonds issued under   this article any provision which provides that a  default  occurs  as  a   result  of  the  state  exercising its right to amend, repeal, modify or   otherwise alter  the  taxes  imposed  pursuant  to  article  twenty-two,   article twenty-four, and article twenty-four-A of the tax law.6.  Any  resolution or other agreement authorizing revenue bonds under   this article shall reserve the right of the state, upon amendment of the   New York state constitution  allowing  the  issuance  or  assumption  of   bonds, notes or other obligations secured by revenues, which may include   the revenues securing revenue bonds of authorized issuers (a) to assume,   in  whole  or  in  part, revenue bonds of the authorized issuers, (b) to   extinguish the existing lien of such resolution, or other agreement  and   (c)  to  substitute  security  for  the  revenue bonds of the authorized   issuers, in each case only so long as such assumption, extinguishment or   substitution is  done  in  accordance  with  such  resolution  or  other   agreement.
NY State Fin L § 69-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 5-D - Variable Rate Debt Instruments 69-A - Definitions.

§  69-a.  Definitions.  As used throughout this article, the following   terms shall have the following meanings:1. "Variable rate bonds" shall mean  any  State-supported  debt  which   bears interest at a rate or rates which varies from time to time.2.  "Interest rate exchange or similar agreement" shall mean a written   contract entered into in connection with the issuance of State-supported   debt,  or  in  connection  with  such   State-supported   debt   already   outstanding,  with a counterparty to provide for an exchange of payments   based upon fixed and/or  variable  interest  rates,  and  shall  be  for   exchanges in currency of the United States of America only.3.  "State-supported debt" shall mean all debt included in subdivision   one of section sixty-seven-a of this chapter.4. "Authorized issuer" shall  mean  the  state  or  any  state  public   corporation which is authorized to issue State-supported debt.5.  "Governing  board"  shall  mean, for each state public corporation   which  is  authorized  to  issue  State-supported  debt,  its  board  of   directors  or,  in  the  absence  of  a  board  of  directors, its other   appropriate  supervising  body  and,  in  relation  to   state   general   obligation debt, the state comptroller.6.  "Variable  rate  debt instruments" shall mean, for any calculation   purpose, (i) variable rate bonds or (ii) any  state-supported  debt  and   related  interest  rate  exchange  or  similar  agreements  which,  when   considered together, result in an authorized issuer  effectively  paying   interest  at  a  rate or rates which varies from time to time, but shall   not include  any  variable  rate  bonds,  or  any  state-supported  debt   considered  together  with  related  interest  rate  exchange or similar   agreements issued on or before July first, two thousand five, during any   period that such instrument or instruments provide for  payment  by  the   authorized  issuer  of  a  fixed rate throughout the then current fiscal   year of the state.7. "Excluded agreements" shall  mean  the  total  notional  amount  of   interest  rate  exchange  or  similar  agreements  entered  into for the   purpose of reducing or eliminating a situation of risk or exposure under   an existing interest rate exchange or similar agreement, including,  but   not  limited  to  a  counterparty downgrade, default, or other actual or   potential economic loss; provided, however, that for agreements  entered   into  on and after April first, two thousand seven "excluded agreements"   shall mean the total  notional  amount  of  interest  rate  exchange  or   similar   agreements  entered  into  for  the  purpose  of  reducing  or   eliminating a situation of imminent risk under an existing interest rate   exchange  or  similar  agreement,  including,  but  not  limited  to   a   counterparty  downgrade,  default,  or other actual or imminent economic   loss.
NY State Fin L § 69-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 5-D - Variable Rate Debt Instruments 69-B - Limitation on Amount of Variable Rate Debt Instruments.

§  69-b. Limitation on amount of variable rate debt instruments. As of   the initial date of each issuance of variable rate bonds or the date  of   entering  into  any  other  variable  rate debt instruments, or for debt   issued on or before July first, two thousand five upon conversion of any   state-supported debt to variable rate debt instruments, the total of the   principal and notional amounts of such variable  rate  debt  instruments   outstanding  and  in  effect shall not exceed an amount equal to fifteen   percent  of  the  total  principal  amount   of   state-supported   debt   outstanding.
NY State Fin L § 69-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 5-D - Variable Rate Debt Instruments 69-C - Variable Rate Bonds.

§  69-c.  Variable  rate bonds. Notwithstanding any other provision of   law to the contrary, any State-supported debt may be issued as  variable   rate bonds.Notwithstanding  any  other  provision  of  law  to  the contrary, for   purposes  of  calculating  the  present  value  of  debt   service   and   calculating  savings  in  connection  with  the  issuance  of  refunding   indebtedness, (i) the effective interest rate and debt  service  payable   on variable rate bonds in connection with which, and to the extent that,   an  authorized  issuer  has  entered  into  an interest rate exchange or   similar agreement pursuant to which the authorized issuer makes payments   based on a fixed rate and receives payments based  on  a  variable  rate   that  is  reasonably expected by such authorized issuer to be equivalent   over time to the variable rate paid on the related variable rate  bonds,   shall  be calculated assuming that the rate of interest on such variable   rate bonds is the fixed rate payable by the authorized  issuer  on  such   interest  rate  exchange  or similar agreement for the scheduled term of   such agreement; (ii) the effective interest rate  and  debt  service  on   variable rate bonds in connection with which, and to the extent that, an   authorized issuer has not entered into such an interest rate exchange or   similar  agreement  shall  be  calculated assuming that interest on such   variable interest rate bonds is payable at a rate  or  rates  reasonably   assumed  by the authorized issuer; (iii) the effective interest rate and   debt service on any bonds subject to optional or mandatory tender  shall   be a rate or rates reasonably assumed by the authorized issuer; (iv) any   variable  rate  bonds  that  are  converted or refunded to a fixed rate,   whether or not financed on  an  interim  basis  with  bond  anticipation   notes,  shall  be  assumed  to generate a present value savings; and (v)   otherwise, the effective interest rate and debt  service  on  any  bonds   shall  be  calculated  at  a  rate  or  rates  reasonably assumed by the   authorized issuer. Notwithstanding any other provision  of  law  to  the   contrary,  for  calculating  the  present  value  of  debt  service  and   calculating  savings  in  connection  with  the  issuance  of  refunding   indebtedness,  the  refunding of variable rate debt instruments with new   variable  rate  debt  instruments  shall  be  excluded  from  any   such   requirements, if effectuated for sound business purposes.
NY State Fin L § 69-E (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 5-D - Variable Rate Debt Instruments 69-E - Applicability.

§  69-e.  Applicability. Nothing in this article shall be construed as   to apply to or limit any debt obligation or related  instrument  of  the   state,  state  public  corporations,  or  any other issuers except those   obligations or instruments which are or relate to State-supported debt.
NY State Fin L § 69-I (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 5-E - Infrastructure Investment 69-I - The New York Works Task Force.

§  69-i.  The  New York works task force. 1. There shall be a New York works task force that will advise on coordinating the capital  plans  of New  York  state  agencies  and  authorities,  including  leveraging and accelerating  funding  streams  and  financing  mechanisms  to   enhance infrastructure investment throughout New York state.   2. The New York works task force shall:  (a)  develop  a  coordinated  capital  infrastructure plan among state agencies and authorities. The plan shall  focus  on  the  efficient  and accelerated  deployment  of  resources  to  meet  regional and statewide infrastructure needs and shall consider the extent to which the plan  is consistent  with  the  regional economic development plans designated by the chair of the urban development corporation;  (b) recommend prioritization of capital  infrastructure  projects  and the allocation of capital resources;  (c)  make  recommendations  on  facilitating  the expediting of permit approvals, regulatory approvals, and other state  actions  necessary  to advance priority infrastructure projects;  (d)  recommend financing options for infrastructure projects including but not limited to state  supported  debt,  federal  funding  and  other finance vehicles; and  (e)  advise  state  agencies  and authorities on the use of methods of procurement and contracting.   3. The department of transportation shall provide a  two-year  capital plan  for the years two thousand thirteen--two thousand fourteen and two thousand fourteen--two thousand fifteen to the New York works task force for its advice and recommendations to coordinate  and  address  regional transportation needs.   4.  The  New  York  works  task  force shall produce an infrastructure report  including  the  capital  plan  submitted  to  it   pursuant   to subdivision  three  of this section to the governor, temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, minority leader  of  the  senate and minority leader of the assembly annually on September first.
NY State Fin L § 69-K (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 5-E - Infrastructure Investment 69-K - The New York Works Task Force; Executive Director, Employees.

§  69-k. The New York works task force; executive director, employees.   The governor may designate an individual to act as executive director of   the New York works task force and may assign  from  time  to  time  such   other employees as the New York works task force may require.
NY State Fin L § 69-L (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 5-E - Infrastructure Investment 69-L - The New York Works Task Force; Code of Conduct.

§  69-l.  The New York works task force; code of conduct. The New York   works task force shall establish  a  code  of  conduct  consistent  with   section  seventy-four  of the public officers law and which shall, among   other things, address potential conflicts of interest  and  provide  for   periods  of  disqualification,  consistent with those periods prescribed   under section seventy-three of the public  officers  law,  during  which   members  of  the  New  York  works  task force may not engage in certain   activities related to matters before it.
NY State Fin L § 69-M (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 5-F - Sales Tax Revenue Bond Financing Program 69-M - Definitions.

§  69-m.  Definitions. 1. "Authorized issuer" shall mean the dormitory   authority of the state of New York, the New York state urban development   corporation, the New York state thruway authority,  and  any  successors   thereto.2.  "Authorized  purpose"  for  purposes  of  this article and section   ninety-two-h  of  this  chapter  shall  mean  any  purposes  for   which   state-supported  debt,  as  defined  by  section  sixty-seven-a  of this   chapter, may or has been issued, except debt  for  which  the  state  is   constitutionally  obligated  thereunder  to pay debt service and related   expenses.3. "Revenue bonds" for  the  purposes  of  this  article  and  section   ninety-two-h  of this chapter shall mean any bonds, notes or obligations   issued or incurred pursuant to section sixty-nine-n of this article.
NY State Fin L § 69-O (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 5-F - Sales Tax Revenue Bond Financing Program 69-O - Payments to Authorize Issuers.

§  69-o.  Payments to authorized issuers. 1. The state, acting through   the director of the budget,  and  authorized  issuers  may  enter  into,   amend,  modify or rescind one or more financing agreements providing for   the specific manner, timing, and amount of payments  to  be  made  under   this section, but only in conformity with this section.2.  No  later  than  October first of each year, the authority issuers   shall certify to  the  director  of  the  budget  the  anticipated  cash   requirements related to revenue bonds during the subsequent state fiscal   year in such detail as the director may require.3.  Upon  receipt  of  a voucher from any authorized issuer requesting   payment for such amount or amounts certified  by  the  director  of  the   budget  pursuant  to  paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  five  of  section   ninety-two-h of this chapter,  the  state  comptroller  shall  pay  such   amount  or  amounts to be authorized issuer from appropriations for such   purpose.4. The agreement of the state  contained  in  this  section  shall  be   deemed  executory  only  to  the  extent of appropriations available for   payments under this section, and no liability on  account  of  any  such   payment shall be incurred by the state beyond such appropriations.5.  Nothing  contained in this article shall be deemed to restrict the   right of the state to amend, repeal, modify or otherwise alter  statutes   imposing  or  relating  to  the taxes imposed pursuant to section eleven   hundred five and  section  eleven  hundred  ten  of  the  tax  law.  The   authorized  issuers shall not include within any resolution, contract or   agreement with holders of the revenue bonds issued  under  this  article   any  provision  which  provides that a default occurs as a result of the   state exercising its right to amend, repeal, modify or  otherwise  alter   the  taxes  imposed  pursuant to section eleven hundred five and section   eleven hundred ten of the tax law.6. Any resolution or other agreement authorizing revenue  bonds  under   this article shall reserve the right of the state, upon amendment of the   New  York  state  constitution  allowing  the  issuance or assumption of   bonds, notes or other obligations secured by revenues, which may include   the revenues securing revenue bonds of authorized issuers (a) to assume,   in whole or in part, revenue bonds of the  authorized  issuers,  (b)  to   extinguish  the existing lien of such resolution, or other agreement and   (c) to substitute security for  the  revenue  bonds  of  the  authorized   issuers, in each case only so long as such assumption, extinguishment or   substitution  is  done  in  accordance  with  such  resolution  or other   agreement.
NY State Fin L § 70 (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 6 - Funds of the State 70 - Classification of Funds.

§  70. Classification of funds. 1. The comptroller shall establish the   necessary  fund  types  required  to  comply  with  generally   accepted   accounting  principles.  When the establishment or elimination of a fund   type would be required to  implement  a  change  in  generally  accepted   accounting principles, the comptroller shall designate an effective date   for  the  establishment or elimination of the fund type to coincide with   the date of implementation of new accounting principles.2. The comptroller shall classify each fund, not  classified  by  law,   into  a  fund  type  for financial reporting purposes, provided that the   classification of funds established by  the  comptroller  shall  conform   with  generally  accepted  accounting  principles, except insofar as the   comptroller may choose to deviate  from  generally  accepted  accounting   principles  pursuant  to section eight-a of this chapter. In classifying   each fund, in accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  section,  the   comptroller  shall  consult with the director of the budget and the head   of any agency or public benefit corporation  significantly  involved  in   the  operations  of such fund. If at any time the comptroller determines   that it is necessary and appropriate to  reclassify  a  fund  which  has   previously   been   classified,   he   shall   at   the   time  of  such   reclassification submit a notice of his action and the reasons  therefor   to the legislature and the governor.
NY State Fin L § 71-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws STF - State Finance Article 6 - Funds of the State 71-A - Funds Established by Law.

§  71-a.  Funds  established by law. The comptroller shall account for   the money in any fund heretofore or hereafter established by law in such   manner as he shall determine and for such  purpose  may  in  conformance   with  sections seventy-one and seventy-five of this article, account for   any such fund as a separate fund or as an account in another fund, as he   deems necessary to comply with legal requirements and generally accepted   accounting principles. Nothing herein shall  be  deemed  to  affect  the   legal existence of any such fund.