N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law 41.27 – State aid procedures
§ 41.27 State aid procedures.
Terms Used In N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law 41.27
- capital costs: means the costs of a local government, a voluntary agency, or the facilities development corporation with respect to the acquisition of real property estates, interests, and cooperative interests in realty, their design, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation and improvement, original furnishings and equipment, site development, and appurtenances of a local facility. See N.Y. Mental Hygiene Law 41.03
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
(a) State aid shall not be granted for capital costs unless:
1. appropriations authorizing them have been requested by the commissioner;
2. these appropriations have been recommended by the governor in a budget bill which specifies the facility to be acquired, constructed, or improved, the total estimated cost for each facility, and estimated date of completion; and
3. the budget bill has been approved by the legislature for the state fiscal year for which it was submitted.
(b) Claims for state aid shall be made in a manner and on forms prescribed by the regulations of the commissioner and shall be for expenditures or costs incurred in accordance with previously approved state aid applications supported by specific budgets as required by this chapter.
(c) When certified by the commissioner, state aid shall be paid upon the audit and warrant of the comptroller.