N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 54-1517 – Powers and duties of the commissioner
§ 54-1517. Powers and duties of the commissioner.
Terms Used In N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 54-1517
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Commissioner: means the commissioner of environmental conservation; except that within and for the purposes of the projects undertaken by the office pursuant to title nine of this article, the term shall mean the commissioner of the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation. See N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law 54-0101
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
In administering the provisions of this title the commissioner:
1. shall make an itemized estimate of funds or appropriations requested annually for inclusion in the executive budget;
2. may, in the name of the state, as further provided within this article, contract to make, within the limitations of appropriation available therefor, state assistance payments toward the costs of an approved project. Such contracts shall be subject to approval by the state comptroller and, as to form, by the attorney general;
3. shall approve vouchers for the payments pursuant to an approved contract. All such payments shall be paid on the audit and warrant of the state comptroller; and
4. may perform such other and further acts as may be necessary, proper or desirable to carry out the provisions of this article.