§ 94-b. Judiciary data processing offset fund. 1. There is hereby established in the joint custody of the state comptroller and the commissioner of taxation and finance a fund to be known as the "judiciary data processing offset fund."

Terms Used In N.Y. State Finance Law 94-B

  • 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
  • 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.
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.

2. Such fund shall consist of the moneys transferred thereto by the comptroller pursuant to this section.

3. All moneys in the judiciary data processing offset fund shall be available, subject to appropriation, for the payment of services and expenses of the office of court administration necessary in the discharge of its data processing function, including liabilities incurred in a prior fiscal year.

4. All payments of moneys from the judiciary data processing offset fund shall be made on the audit and warrant of the comptroller on vouchers certified or approved by the chief administrator of the courts.