Title STF, State Finance

§ 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the "State Finance\nLaw."\n

§ 10. Compromise of old judgments and debts. The attorney-general and\ncomptroller, or either of them, may acknowledge satisfaction of a\njudgment in favor of the people of the state when the same is settled or\ndischarged. The comptroller, with the approval of the attorney-gene…

§ 100. Public accounts to be kept in dollars, dimes and cents. All\naccounts and other computations of money in the treasury and other\npublic offices, whether state or local, shall be kept and made out, in\nthe money of account of the United States, that is to say : in dollars\…

§ 101. Checks and accounts. Checks may be signed by the commissioner\nof taxation and finance, and, if so authorized by such commissioner in\nwriting filed with the comptroller, by the head of the division of the\ntreasury of the department of taxation and finance and by such ot…

§ 102. Amounts of unpaid checks, drafts or debit cards to be paid into\nabandoned property fund. Upon audit and statement of the comptroller,\nthe amounts of all checks or drafts on bank accounts of any funds of the\nstate, and the amounts of all debit cards issued on behalf of …

§ 103. State papers and securities. All papers relating to the duties\nof the comptroller, and all deeds to the state, abstracts of title, and\nstate contracts, unless otherwise specially directed, shall be deposited\nin the office of the comptroller. Upon request of the attorne…

§ 104. Examination and inventory of state securities. The comptroller,\nfrom time to time, shall examine the securities on which money may be\ndue to the state, and make inquiries relating to the sufficiency of the\nsecurity for the payment of such money. He shall require the im…

§ 105. Deposits in banks. 1. All moneys received by the commissioner\nof taxation and finance on account of the state, excepting such moneys\nas are required by law to be deposited to the credit of the comptroller,\nbut including such moneys as are thereafter paid into the state…

§ 106. Deposit of moneys by state officers, state institutions and\ncharitable and benevolent institutions. Such moneys received by the\ncommissioner of taxation and finance as are now deposited to the credit\nof the comptroller pursuant to statute, and thereafter paid into the\…

§ 106-a. Public funds on deposit. All moneys in the possession,\ncustody, control or under the authority of the comptroller, the\ncommissioner of taxation and finance or other state officer, for the\nsecurity of the deposit whereof a bond or other security may be required\nunder…

§ 107. Monthly statement of balances in state depositories. The\ncommissioner of taxation and finance shall cause to be published in the\nstate bulletin, on or before the last day of each month, a detailed\nstatement of the balance in the several banks designated by any state\no…

§ 108. Application of federal moneys to expense of the audit and\ndisbursement thereof. Where a law of this state enacted or to be enacted\nto supplement or aid in effecting the purposes of an act of congress\nunder which federal moneys are granted or allocated to this state or …

§ 109. Proofs required upon audit by the comptroller. 1. The\ncomptroller shall not draw his warrant for the payment of any sum\nappropriated, except for salaries and other expenditures and\nappropriations, the amounts of which are duly established and fixed by\nlaw, until the p…

§ 109-a. Alternative proofs authorized for audit by the comptroller.\n1. Notwithstanding sections one hundred nine and one hundred ten of this\narticle, the comptroller may, by regulation, provide for a system\nwhereby state agencies, vendors and providers of services submit pro…

§ 11. Gifts, devises and bequests. Whenever any gift or bequest of\nmoney is lawfully made to the state, or to any department, board, bureau\nor officer thereof, the amount of such gift or bequest shall be paid to\nthe department of taxation and finance to be held by such depart…

§ 110. Certification or approval of accounts and vouchers. 1.\nCertification or approval of the accounts or vouchers of a department,\nor of a division, board, body, bureau, officer or employee in a\ndepartment, for personal service, maintenance, and operation, for\nsubmission t…

§ 111. Payment and refund of state moneys except upon audit by\ncomptroller prohibited. No moneys of the state, including moneys\ncollected in its behalf, and no moneys in the possession, custody or\ncontrol of any officer, agent, or agency of the state in his or its\nrepresenta…

§ 112. Accounting systems; approval of contracts. 1. The comptroller\nshall prepare and prescribe a system of accounting and a form of\naccounts to be installed and observed in every state department and in\nevery state institution, which shall be accepted and followed by them\n…

§ 113. Itemized accounts of public officers. The proper officer of\neach department, board, commission and institution, shall, on or before\nthe fifteenth day of each month, render to the comptroller a detailed\nand itemized account of all receipts and expenditures of such\ndepa…

§ 114. Inspection of supplies. The officer or employee designated by a\nstate agency to perform the duty of inspecting supplies shall receive\nand examine all articles purchased or received for the operation and\nmaintenance thereof, compare them with the bills for the same, asc…

§ 115. Cash advance accounts. 1. The state comptroller may, upon the\nrequest of the head of a state department or agency, authorize the\nestablishment of cash advance accounts for such department or agency, in\nan amount he deems sufficient.\n 2. Cash advance accounts may be es…

§ 116. Rendition of accounts. The comptroller, from time to time,\nshall require all public officers and other persons receiving moneys or\nsecurities, or having the care and management of any property of the\nstate, of which an account is or is required to be kept in his office…

§ 117. Statements of accounts not rendered. The comptroller shall\nstate an account against every person who receives moneys belonging to\nthe state for which he does not account when required, charging him with\nthe amount received according to the best information which the\nc…

§ 118. Statements of accounts rendered. The comptroller shall\nimmediately examine the accounts rendered by every public officer or\nother person receiving moneys belonging to the state, with the vouchers,\nand audit, adjust and make a statement thereof. If any necessary\nvouche…

§ 119. Statement of joint accounts. The comptroller may, in his\ndiscretion, settle separately the accounts of one or more persons\nreceiving moneys of the state for which they are accountable to the\nstate. In such case no person shall plead as a defense to an action\nbrought f…

§ 12. Annual reports to legislature by institutions entitled to\nreceive money from state. All institutions and societies entitled by law\nto receive money from the state shall make an annual report to the\nlegislature on or before the fifteenth day of January in each year, and\…

§ 120. Other remedies preserved. This article does not preclude the\nstate from the enforcement of any other remedy, for the recovery of any\ndebt due or to become due to the state.\n

§ 121. Payments to state treasurer; financial statements. 1.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, every state\nofficer, employee, department, institution, commission, board or other\nagency of the state receiving money for or on behalf of the state from\n…

§ 122. Transmission of public moneys. The comptroller may make such\nregulations and give such directions from time to time, respecting the\ntransmission to the treasury of moneys belonging to the state from the\nseveral county treasurers and other public officers as in his judg…

§ 122-a. Independent audit of annual financial statements. 1. The\nchairmen and ranking minority members of the senate finance committee\nand the assembly ways and means committee, in order to ensure that the\nprovisions of this section and paragraph b of subdivision nine of\nse…

§ 123. Legislative purpose. It is the purpose of the legislature to\nrecognize that each individual citizen and taxpayer of the state has an\ninterest in the proper disposition of all state funds and properties.\nWhenever this interest is or may be threatened by an illegal or\nu…

§ 123-a. Definitions. 1. Citizen. A "citizen" is any person who is a\nresident of the state.\n 2. Taxpayer. A "taxpayer" is any citizen who has paid or is paying\nstate income or state sales taxes.\n 3. Person. A "person" is any individual, public or private\ncorporation, politi…

§ 123-b. Action for declaratory and equitable relief. 1.\nNotwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, any person, who is a\ncitizen taxpayer, whether or not such person is or may be affected or\nspecially aggrieved by the activity herein referred to, may maintain an\nacti…

§ 123-c. Pleadings and procedure. 1. An action pursuant to this\narticle shall be brought in the supreme court in any county wherein the\ndisbursement has occurred, is likely to occur, or is occurring, or in\nthe county in which the state officer or employee has his or her\nprin…

§ 123-d. Security for costs. At any stage of the action, upon motion\nby the defendant, or upon its own initiative, the court may order the\nplaintiff to give an undertaking for costs and taxable disbursements not\nto exceed the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars. If plaintiff s…

§ 123-e. Relief by the court. 1. The court may grant equitable or\ndeclaratory relief, or both, including, but not limited to: enjoining\nthe activity complained of; restitution to the state of those public\nfunds disbursed or public property alienated; in the case of public\npr…

§ 123-f. Termination of action. No action brought pursuant to this\narticle shall be compromised, discontinued or dismissed by consent,\ndefault, or neglect to prosecute, except with approval of the court.\n

§ 123-g. Costs and fees. 1. The court shall have the authority to fix\na reasonable sum to reimburse the plaintiff for costs and expenses,\nincluding attorney fees in an action wherein judgment was rendered for\nthe plaintiff. Such attorney fees shall only be paid from the fund\…

§ 123-i. Existing rights and remedies preserved. Nothing in this\narticle shall abridge or alter rights of actions or remedies now or\nhereafter existing.\n

§ 123-j. Separability. If any provision of this article is held\ninvalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions which can be\ngiven effect without the invalid provision.\n

§ 125. Fiscal supervision of certain institutions. Notwithstanding any\nother provision of law relative to the supervision and control by\ndepartments of any of the institutions under the jurisdiction and\ncontrol of the office of temporary and disability assistance, the\ndepart…

§ 127. Construction and repair of buildings of institutions reporting\nto the departments having jurisdiction. As used in this section, the\nterm "departments having jurisdiction" shall be deemed to mean the\ndepartments referred to in section one hundred twenty-five of this act…

§ 127-a. Energy conservation in state-aided programs. 1. As used in\nthis section:\n (a) "annual pro-rated project cost" shall mean the amount of\nreimbursement per year which is sufficient to reimburse an eligible\nfacility, in accordance with its state aid rate, for the cost o…

§ 128. Disposition of unclaimed personal property. 1. Any personal\nproperty, and any interest or increments accruing thereon, belonging or\ncredited to a person in any institution under the jurisdiction of the\noffice of children and family services, the department of health, t…

§ 13. Boards of visitors. A member of the board of visitors, a\nmanager, trustee or officer of any state charitable or other institution\nreceiving moneys from the state treasury for maintenance and support\nshall be entitled to actual and necessary traveling expenses when\natte…

§ 135. Separate specifications for contract work for the state. Except\nas otherwise provided in section two hundred twenty-two of the labor\nlaw, every officer, board, department, commission or commissions,\ncharged with the duty of preparing specifications or awarding or\nente…

§ 135-a. Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless otherwise\nindicated, the term "small business concern" shall mean a business which\nis resident in this state, independently owned and operated, not\ndominant in its field and employs one hundred or less persons.\n

§ 136. Contracts in pursuance of appropriations. A contract or\ncontracts made in pursuance of an appropriation by the state for a\nspecific object shall be for the completion of the work contemplated by\nthe appropriation, and in the aggregate shall not exceed the amount of\nsu…

§ 136-a. Contracts for architectural, engineering, geological,\nlandscape architecture and surveying services. 1. As used in this\nsection: the term "professional firm" shall be defined as any individual\nor sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation, association or other\nle…

* § 136-b. Selection of underwriters by state agencies. Whenever a\nstate agency, as defined in article fifteen-A of the executive law,\nsells its bonds, notes or other securities at a private sale, in\nselecting one or more underwriters to purchase such securities the state\nag…