Title STF, State Finance

§ 19. Returned check charge. 1. As used in this section, (a) "state\nagency" shall mean any state department, board, bureau, division,\ncommission, committee, public authority, public benefit corporation,\ncouncil, office, or other governmental entity performing a governmental\n…

§ 19-a. Parking facilities; support for electric vehicle charging stations. 1. For purposes of this section: (a) the term "construction project" shall mean construction work involving or including the construction of a new parking facility done under contract which is paid for i…

§ 190. Civil actions for false claims. 1. Civil enforcement actions. The attorney general shall have the authority to investigate violations under section one hundred eighty-nine of this article. If the attorney general believes that a person has violated or is violating such se…

§ 190-a. Monies recovered. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, all monies recovered or obtained under this article by a state agency or state official or employee acting in their official capacity shall be subject to subdivision eleven of section four of this chapter.

§ 190-b. Medicaid fraud recovery reporting. The attorney general shall make an annual report to the temporary president of the senate, speaker of the assembly, chair of the senate finance committee, chair of the assembly ways and means committee, chair of the senate health commi…

§ 191. Remedies. 1. Any current or former employee, contractor, or agent of any private or public employer who is discharged, demoted, suspended, threatened, harassed or in any other manner discriminated against in the terms and conditions of employment, or otherwise harmed or p…

§ 192. Limitation of actions, burden of proof. 1. A civil action under this article shall be commenced no later than ten years after the date on which the violation of this article is committed. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purposes of this article, an act…

§ 193. Other law enforcement authority and duties. This article shall not: 1. preempt the authority, or relieve the duty, of other law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute suspected violations of law; 2. prevent or prohibit a person from voluntarily disclosing any i…

§ 194. Regulations. The attorney general is authorized to adopt such rules and regulations as is necessary to effectuate the purposes of this article.

§ 2. Definitions. As used in this chapter, such terms shall have the following meanings: 1. "Account". A classification by which information on particular financial transactions and financial resources is recorded and arranged. 1-a. "Business day". Any day of the year which is n…

§ 2-a. Additional definitions. As used in subdivisions two-b and two-c of section eight of this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. "Internal control". A process that integrates the activities, plans, attitudes, policies, systems, resources and eff…

§ 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.

§ 200. Payment of salaries. 1. The salaries of all officers of the state, and the wages of all employees thereof shall be due from and payable by the state bi-weekly, commencing with the fiscal year of the state beginning April first, nineteen hundred fifty-six. Nothing containe…

§ 201. Deductions from salaries. 1. The comptroller of the state is\nhereby authorized to deduct from the salary of any employee of the state\nsuch amount as such employee may specify in writing filed with the\ncomptroller within the minimum and maximum amounts prescribed by the…

§ 201-a. Flexible benefits program for certain state officers and employees. 1. This section shall be applicable to employees as defined in subdivision one of section eleven of chapter four hundred sixty of the laws of nineteen hundred eighty-two, as amended and employees and of…

§ 201-b. Qualified transportation fringe benefit program for certain\nstate officers and employees. 1. This section shall apply to employees\nas set forth in subdivision one of section two hundred one-a of this\narticle.\n 2. The director of employee relations, in consultation w…

§ 201-c. Qualified transportation fringe benefit program for employees of the city university of New York. 1. The city university of New York is authorized to establish a qualified transportation fringe benefit program consistent with section 132 of the internal revenue code and…

§ 202. Reimbursement for travel and moving expenses upon transfer, reassignment or promotion. 1. Subject to the regulations hereinafter mentioned, when a geographical change in the location of the principal place of employment of a state officer or employee occurs as a result of…

§ 203. Reimbursement of travel expenses of persons attending interviews for appointment in state service. 1. The appointing authority of a department or agency of the state, subject to the regulations hereinafter mentioned and to the extent that appropriations are available ther…

§ 204. Reimbursement for travel and moving expenses upon initial\nappointment to state service. 1. The appointing authority of a\ndepartment or agency of the state, subject to the regulations\nhereinafter mentioned and to the extent that appropriations are\navailable therefor, m…

§ 205. Payment of relocation allowance to certain members of the state police upon transfer within state service. 1. A member of the New York state police eligible for reimbursement for moving and travel expenses pursuant to the provisions of section two hundred two of this arti…

§ 206. Employee benefit fund; administrative services, operational\nservices, or institutional services. 1. Definitions. As used in this\nsection, unless otherwise expressly stated:\n a. "Director" shall mean the director of employee relations.\n b. "Employee" shall mean any per…

§ 206-a. Employee benefit fund; negotiating unit created by chapter four hundred three of the laws of nineteen hundred eighty-three. 1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless otherwise expressly stated: a. "Director" shall mean the director of employee relations. b. "Emplo…

§ 207. Employee benefit fund; professional, scientific and technical services. 1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless otherwise expressly stated: a. "Director" shall mean the director of employee relations. b. "Employee" shall mean any person in the service of the state…

§ 207-a. Employee benefit fund; security services. 1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless otherwise expressly stated: a. "Director" shall mean the director of employee relations. b. "Employee" shall mean any person serving on a full-time annual salaried basis in the ser…

§ 207-b. Employee benefit fund; division of state police. 1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless otherwise expressly stated: a. "Director" shall mean the director of employee relations. b. "Employee" shall mean any person in the service of the state of New York in the d…

§ 207-c. Employee benefit fund; division of military and naval\naffairs. 1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless otherwise\nexpressly stated:\n a. "Director" shall mean the director of employee relations.\n b. "Employee" shall mean any person in the service of the state …

§ 207-d. Employee benefit fund; agency police services unit. 1. As\nused in this section, unless otherwise expressly stated:\n (a) "Director" shall mean the director of employee relations.\n (b) "Employee" shall mean any person serving on a full-time annual\nsalaried basis in th…

§ 208. Authorized individual retirement plans. 1. a. The term\n"authorized individual retirement plan" as used in this section shall\nmean an individual retirement plan, as defined in the Economic Recovery\nTax Act of 1981 (P.L. 97-34), established and maintained by one or more\…

§ 209. Employee benefit fund; professional services. 1. Definitions.\nAs used in this section, unless otherwise expressly stated:\n a. "Director" shall mean the director of employee relations.\n b. "Employee" shall mean any person in the service of the state of New\nYork who is …

§ 209-a. Workers' compensation supplementation allowance. 1.\nNotwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary,\nwhere, and to the extent that, an agreement between the state or the New\nYork state canal corporation and an employee organization entered into\npur…

§ 209-b. Severance benefits for certain state officers and employees. 1. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, where, and to the extent that, an agreement between the state and an employee organization entered into pursuant to article fourteen of the…

§ 21. Auxiliary powers of executive department. In aid of any powers vested in the governor under this article, or under provisions of the state departments law relative to revision of departmental estimates and preparation of the budget, he or any authorized representative of t…

* § 210. Optional payment election. Notwithstanding any other\nprovision of law to the contrary, where the state and an employee\norganization representing officers and employees in the executive branch\nwho are in positions which are in collective negotiating units\nestablished…

§ 212. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the "excelsior linked deposit act".

§ 213. Definitions. When used in this article, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 1. "Authorized depositor" means the comptroller with respect to linked deposits made by the comptroller and the comm…

§ 214. Establishment and purpose; linked deposit program authorization. The excelsior linked deposit program is hereby created. The purpose of the program is to encourage and assist eligible businesses within the state to undertake eligible projects that will materially contribu…

§ 215. Responsibilities of commissioner of economic development, comptroller, commissioner of taxation and finance and superintendent of financial services. 1. The commissioner of economic development shall administer the program pursuant to section two hundred nineteen of this …

§ 216. Term of program. 1. The program shall exist for a term which expires on the date this article expires pursuant to chapter seven hundred five of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-three which added this article. Linked loans may be made only during the term of the program…

§ 217. Linked loans. Linked loans shall be made by lenders pursuant to the program only to eligible businesses in connection with eligible projects. A linked loan shall be limited to a maximum amount of four million dollars. An eligible business may receive more than one linked …

§ 218. Interest rate for linked loans; no lender's fees. 1. Linked loans made to certified businesses in empire zones or to eligible businesses in highly distressed areas or to eligible businesses that are defined in paragraph (b-1) of subdivision eleven of section two hundred t…

§ 219. Application procedure. 1. The commissioner of economic development shall establish procedures and other requirements for participation in the program, and shall provide a simplified application form to the participating lenders for linked deposits. Such form shall reflect…

§ 22. The budget; contents. The budget submitted annually by the governor to the legislature, in accordance with article seven of the constitution, in addition to the information required by the constitution to be set forth therein, shall: 1. include a summary financial plan sho…

§ 22-a. Synopsis of requests for appropriations; submittal by budget director. The director of the budget shall, within thirty days following receipt of the requested appropriations pursuant to the first paragraph of section one of article seven of the constitution, submit to th…

§ 22-b. Report of the legislature on the enacted budget. Within thirty days of passage of the budget the senate and the assembly shall issue, either jointly or separately, a legislative report on the budget. Such report shall contain a description of appropriation changes betwee…

§ 22-c. Capital program and financing plan. The governor shall annually submit to the legislature a capital program and financing plan concurrent with the executive budget, in addition to the information required by section twenty-two of this article. The plan shall contain a co…

§ 220. Renewal of linked deposit. A lender may, on behalf of a borrower, apply to the commissioner of economic development to request a renewal of the linked deposit for an additional four year period to correspond with a second four year period of a borrower's linked loan. The …

§ 221. Liability; early repayment and withdrawal. Nothing contained in this article shall impose liability on the state or any of its departments or employees for payment or delays in payment of the principal or interest of a linked loan. Any delay in payments or any default on …

§ 222. Monitoring and report. 1. The commissioner of economic development shall monitor the activities of participating lenders and businesses and may require periodic reports or other information the commissioner of economic development deems necessary from participating lender…

§ 223. Promotion of program. The department, through its regional offices and with the assistance of the department of financial services and other appropriate state agencies and public benefit corporations, shall actively market and promote awareness of the program in all geogr…