N.Y. State Fin. Law § 97-www*3
Consumer protection account
Redline — January 1, 2016 → current.View current text →
Current — June 29, 2026
As of January 1, 2016
* § 97-www. Underground facilities safety training account. 1. There\nis hereby established in the joint custody of the state comptroller and\nthe commissioner of taxation and finance an account of the miscellaneous\nspecial revenue fund to be known as the "underground facilities safety\ntraining account".\n 2. Such account shall consist of all moneys received by the state\npursuant to section seven hundred sixty-five of the general business law\nand all other moneys credited, appropriated, or transferred from any\nother fund or source.\n 3. The moneys of the underground facilities safety training account,\nfollowing appropriation by the legislature and allocation by the\ndirector of the budget, shall be made available for programs to provide\ntraining and education on the requirements and procedures for protection\nof underground facilities conducted by any one-call notification systems\nregistered with and certified by the public service commission.\n 4. Such moneys deposited in the underground facilities safety training\naccount shall be payable to any one-call notification system registered\nwith and certified by the public service commission upon the audit and\nwarrant of the comptroller on vouchers approved by the department of\npublic service.\n * NB Repealed October 1, 2020\n * NB There are 5 § 97-www's\n
* § 97-www. Consumer protection account. 1. There is hereby\nestablished in the joint custody of the state comptroller and the\ncommissioner of taxation and finance an account within the miscellaneous\nspecial revenue fund to be known as the "consumer protection account."\n 2. Such account shall consist of all penalties received by the\ndepartment of state pursuant to section three hundred ninety-nine-z of\nthe general business law, section 16-106 of the energy law and any\nadditional monies appropriated, credited or transferred to such account\nby the Legislature. Any interest earned by the investment of monies in\nsuch account shall be added to such account, become part of such\naccount, and be used for the purposes of such account.\n 3. Monies in the account shall be available to the department of state\nfor all costs and expenditures related to consumer protection\nactivities.\n 4. Monies in the account shall be paid out of the account on the audit\nand warrant of the state comptroller on vouchers certified or approved\nby the department of state or any officer or employee designated by the\nsecretary of state.\n * NB There are 4 § 97-www's\n
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