N.Y. State Finance Law 98-C – Legal services assistance fund
§ 98-c. Legal services assistance fund. 1. There is hereby established in the joint custody of the state comptroller and the commissioner of the department of taxation and finance a fund to be known as the legal services assistance fund.
Terms Used In N.Y. State Finance Law 98-C
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
2. Such fund shall consist of all moneys appropriated for the purpose of such fund, all other moneys required to be paid into or credited to such fund, and all moneys received by such fund or donated to it.
3. Moneys of the legal services assistance fund shall be solely available, following appropriation by the legislature and in accordance with law to assist in the provision of and the reimbursement of expenses incurred by local government agencies and not for profit providers or their employees relating to providing criminal or civil legal services.