New York § 71-B - 71-BExpenditure of check-off monies

Full text of New York New York Consolidated Laws § 71-B — 71-BExpenditure of check-off monies, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 71-B. 71-BExpenditure of check-off monies

§ 71-b. Expenditure of check-off monies. 1. To the extent practicable, for every fund established pursuant to this chapter or any other law, for which a tax check-off is a source of the monies in such fund, the head of the agency or entity administering the expenditure of such monies shall ensure that all tax check-off monies received during a fiscal year are expended prior to the end of such fiscal year. 2. The head of the agency or entity administering the expenditure of tax check-off monies shall report annually on the use of such monies 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 appropriate committee in the senate or assembly, the state comptroller and the public. Such report shall include the amount of money dispersed from the fund and the award process used for such disbursements, recipients of awards from the fund, the amount awarded to each, the purposes for which such awards were granted, and a summary financial plan for such monies which shall include estimates of all receipts and all disbursements for the current and succeeding fiscal years, along with the actual results from the prior fiscal year.

Source: official New York text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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Section 71-B ("71-BExpenditure of check-off monies") is part of the New York Consolidated Laws, the codified statutory law of New York. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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