§ 20-a. Settlement of claims. Notwithstanding any inconsistent\nprovision of this act or of the state finance law, the comptroller shall\nexamine, audit, and certify for payment the settlement of any claim\nfiled in the court of claims for injuries to personal property, real\nproperty, or for personal injuries caused by the tort of an officer or\nemployee of the state while acting as such officer or employee, provided\nthat a stipulation of settlement executed by the parties shall have been\napproved by order of the court. No such stipulation shall be executed on\nbehalf of the state without, after consultation with the director of the\nbudget, the approval of the head of the department or agency having\nsupervision of the officer or employee alleged to have caused the\ninjuries and of t
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§ 20-a. Settlement of claims. Notwithstanding any inconsistent\nprovision of this act or of the state finance law, the comptroller shall\nexamine, audit, and certify for payment the settlement of any claim\nfiled in the court of claims for injuries to personal property, real\nproperty, or for personal injuries caused by the tort of an officer or\nemployee of the state while acting as such officer or employee, provided\nthat a stipulation of settlement executed by the parties shall have been\napproved by order of the court. No such stipulation shall be executed on\nbehalf of the state without, after consultation with the director of the\nbudget, the approval of the head of the department or agency having\nsupervision of the officer or employee alleged to have caused the\ninjuries and of the attorney general. The attorney general shall cause a\nreview to be made within the department of law of all cases filed in the\ncourt of claims to determine which cases are appropriate for possible\nsettlement. Payment of any claim made pursuant to the approval of a\nsettlement by the court shall be made from the funds appropriated for\nthe purpose of payment of judgments against the state pursuant to\nsection twenty of this act. In any case where payment is to be made to\nan incarcerated individual serving a sentence of imprisonment with the\nstate department of corrections and community supervision or to a\nprisoner confined at a local correctional facility, the procedures set\nforth in subdivision six-a of section twenty of this article shall be\nfollowed. On or before January fifteenth the comptroller, in\nconsultation with the department of law and other agencies as may be\nappropriate, shall submit to the governor and the legislature an annual\naccounting of settlements paid pursuant to this section during the\npreceding and current fiscal years. Such accounting shall include, but\nnot be limited to the number, type and amount of claims so paid, as well\nas an estimate of claims to be paid during the remainder of the current\nfiscal year and during the following fiscal year.\n