Bill Text: NY A07292 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to the tobacco revenue guarantee fund and filing an annual report regarding certain expenditures for indigent legal services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-09-29 - signed chap.337 [A07292 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-A07292-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7292--C Cal. No. 279 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 4, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. FARRELL -- (at request of the State Comptroller) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and Means -- reported from committee, advanced to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading -- advanced to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retain- ing its place on the order of third reading -- advanced to a third reading, passed by Assembly and delivered to the Senate, recalled from the Senate, vote reconsidered, bill amended, ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the tobacco reven- ue guarantee fund (Part A); and to amend the county law, in relation to filing an annual report regarding certain expenditures for indigent legal services (Part B) The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act enacts into law components of legislation which 2 are necessary to implement certain operational changes within the 3 Department of Audit and Control and make technical corrections to vari- 4 ous provisions of law. Each component is wholly contained within a Part 5 identified as Parts A and B. The effective date for each particular 6 provision contained within such Part is set forth in the last section of 7 such Part. Any provision in any section contained within a Part, includ- 8 ing the effective date of the Part, which makes a reference to a section 9 "of this act", when used in connection with that particular component, 10 shall be deemed to mean and refer to the corresponding section of the 11 Part in which it is found. Section three of this act sets forth the 12 general effective date of this act. 13 PART A EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10429-07-6A. 7292--C 2 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 97-cccc of the state finance law, 2 as amended by section 1 of part J of chapter 686 of the laws of 2003, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 1. There is hereby established in the [sole] joint custody of the 5 state comptroller and the commissioner of taxation and finance a fund to 6 be known as the tobacco revenue guarantee fund. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. 8 PART B 9 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 722-f of the county law, as added 10 by section 4 of part J of chapter 62 of the laws of 2003, is amended to 11 read as follows: 12 2. (a) The county executive or chief executive officer of each county 13 or, in the case of a county wholly contained within a city, such city 14 shall file an annual report which specifies in detail and certifies to 15 the [state comptroller] office of indigent legal services the total 16 expenditures of such county or city, identifying "local funds", as 17 defined in paragraph (c) of subdivision [four] two of section ninety- 18 eight-b of the state finance law, state funds, federal funds and funds 19 received from a "private source" as described in subdivision [four] two 20 of section ninety-eight-b of the state finance law, for providing legal 21 representation to persons who were financially unable to afford counsel, 22 pursuant to this article. Such annual report shall be made on a form 23 developed for such purpose by the [state comptroller] office of indigent 24 legal services. 25 (b) Such annual report, detailing expenditures for the period January 26 first through December thirty-first of the previous calendar year, shall 27 be filed on or before the first day of March of each year[, provided,28however, that the first report required by this subdivision shall29contain the required information, separately stated, for the two30preceeding calendar years]. 31 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. 32 § 2. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi- 33 sion, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of 34 competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, 35 impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in 36 its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section 37 or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg- 38 ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of 39 the legislature that this act would have been enacted even if such 40 invalid provisions had not been included herein. 41 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately provided, however, that 42 the applicable effective date of Parts A and B of this act shall be as 43 specifically set forth in the last section of such Parts.