A 1194: Relates to the use of funds and payments from the IOLA fund; provides that funds and payments shall not be used for any other purpose other than as stated in section 97-v of the state finance law.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1194 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY January 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES, ROSENTHAL, RAGA, SIMONE, LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the use of funds and payments from the IOLA fund The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph f of subdivision 3 of section 97-v of the state 2 finance law, as added by chapter 659 of the laws of 1983, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 f. The board shall insure that grants and contracts are made with 5 not-for-profit providers of civil legal services for the poor to provide 6 stable, economical and high quality delivery of civil legal services to 7 the poor throughout the state. Notwithstanding any provision of law, 8 rule or regulation to the contrary, funds shall not be used for any 9 other purpose other than as stated in this section. 10 § 2. Paragraph h of subdivision 3 of section 97-v of the state finance 11 law, as added by chapter 659 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as 12 follows: 13 h. All payments from the IOLA fund shall be made by the state comp- 14 troller upon certification and authorization of the board of trustees of 15 the fund. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to 16 the contrary, payments shall not be used for any other purpose other 17 than as stated in this section. 18 § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of April next succeeding 19 the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03321-01-5