New York § 99-PP - 99-PPBackground check fund
Full text of New York New York Consolidated Laws § 99-PP — 99-PPBackground check fund, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 99-PP. 99-PPBackground check fund
* § 99-pp. Background check fund. 1. There is hereby established in the joint custody of the state comptroller and commissioner of taxation and finance a special fund to be known as the "background check fund". 2. Such fund shall consist of all revenues received by the comptroller, pursuant to the provisions of section two hundred twenty-eight of the executive law and all other moneys appropriated thereto from any other fund or source pursuant to law. Nothing contained in this section shall prevent the state from receiving grants, gifts or bequests for the purposes of the fund as defined in this section and depositing them into the fund according to law. 3. The moneys of the background check fund, following appropriation by the legislature, shall be allocated for the direct costs associated with performing background checks pursuant to section two hundred twenty-eight of the executive law. 4. The state comptroller may invest any moneys in the background check fund not expended for the purpose of this section as provided by law. The state comptroller shall credit any interest and income derived from the deposit and investment of moneys in the background check fund to the background check fund. 5. (a) Any unexpended and unencumbered moneys remaining in the background check fund at the end of a fiscal year shall remain in the background check fund and shall not be credited to any other fund. (b) To the extent practicable, any such remaining funds shall be used to reduce the amount of the fee described in subdivision two of section two hundred twenty-eight of the executive law. * NB There are 3 § 99-pp's
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Section 99-PP ("99-PPBackground check fund") 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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