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§ 97-zz. Federal revenue maximization contract fund.
1.There is\nhereby established in the joint custody of the state comptroller and the\ncommissioner of taxation and finance a fund known as the federal revenue\nmaximization contract fund.\n 2. Such fund shall consist of those revenues specified by the\ndepartment of social services, subject to the approval of the director\nof the budget, and properly received from the federal government on\naccount of federal revenue maximization activities conducted by the\ndepartment of social services and social services districts, both\ndirectly and through their contractors, that are credited or transferred\nthereto from any other fund or source pursuant to law.\n 3. Moneys in the fund, pursuant to appropriation by the legislature\nand issuanc
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§ 97-zz. Federal revenue maximization contract fund. 1. There is\nhereby established in the joint custody of the state comptroller and the\ncommissioner of taxation and finance a fund known as the federal revenue\nmaximization contract fund.\n 2. Such fund shall consist of those revenues specified by the\ndepartment of social services, subject to the approval of the director\nof the budget, and properly received from the federal government on\naccount of federal revenue maximization activities conducted by the\ndepartment of social services and social services districts, both\ndirectly and through their contractors, that are credited or transferred\nthereto from any other fund or source pursuant to law.\n 3. Moneys in the fund, pursuant to appropriation by the legislature\nand issuance of a certificate of approval by the director of the budget,\nshall be made available for the following purposes:\n (a) payment of fees, pursuant to a contract approved by the state\ncomptroller, to any contractor of the department of social services\nproviding federal revenue maximization services; and,\n (b) payment or reimbursement of the federal share of social services\ndistrict expenditures based on social services district claims for\nadditional federal reimbursements submitted in accordance with section\none hundred thirty-one-g of the social services law and identified by\nthe commissioner of social services as federal revenue maximization\nclaims submitted on behalf of a city or county department or social\nservices district. Moneys shall be paid out of the fund on the audit\nand warrant of the state comptroller on vouchers certified or approved\nby the commissioner of social services and the director of the budget.\n 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any\nfederal revenues received by the state based on federal revenue\nmaximization contractor activities which reimburse social services\ndistricts for activities which have been or will be subject to state\nreimbursement shall be proportionately reduced by the amount of state\nreimbursement received by the social services district or, as determined\nby the commissioner of social services and the director of the budget,\nby any other city or county agency.\n 5. Moneys in the federal revenue maximization contract fund shall be\nkept separate and shall not be commingled with any moneys in the custody\nof the comptroller. Further, the comptroller shall establish within the\nfederal revenue maximization contract fund a revenue maximization\ncontractor account and a local maximization account.\n 6. Upon the identification, by the director of the budget, of moneys\nresulting from federal revenue maximization activities conducted by the\ndepartment of social services, the comptroller shall apportion the\nmonies as follows:\n (a) The first portion shall be deposited to the revenue maximization\ncontractor account, pursuant to the provisions of the applicable\ncontract with the department of social services or a social services\ndistrict. The director of the budget shall review and approve or\ndisapprove the amounts to be so deposited.\n (b) The second portion shall be deposited to the local maximization\naccount, in amounts to be determined by the director of the budget in\nconsultation with the department of social services and any other state\ndepartment or agency, as necessary.\n (c) Remaining moneys shall be deposited to the contingency reserve\nfund.\n 7. Payments to a contractor of a department of social services, or a\nsocial services district, who was engaged in revenue maximization\nactivities generating reimbursement specified for deposit in the federal\nrevenue maximization fund pursuant to subdivision three of this section,\nshall be made only from the revenue maximization account.\n