# N.Y. GMU Law § 70-A: Liability for expenses incurred in enforcing lawful required payment of moneys to state agencies

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## Section

- **Citation:** N.Y. GMU Law § 70-A
- **Heading:** Liability for expenses incurred in enforcing lawful required payment of moneys to state agencies
- **Jurisdiction:** New York
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** New York Code / Act GMU / Article 5 / Section 70-A

## Text

§ 70-a. Liability for expenses incurred in enforcing lawful required\npayment of moneys to state agencies. Notwithstanding any inconsistent\nprovision of this chapter or of any law, general, special or local,\nwhenever any municipal corporation is required by law to provide and pay\nany moneys to a corporate or other agency or instrumentality of the\nstate for a public purpose, any reasonable expenses necessarily incurred\nby such an agency or instrumentality in compelling or enforcing by\njudicial proceeding payment to it of such moneys shall be a charge\nagainst such municipal corporation and such municipal corporation shall\nbe liable therefor and shall pay the amount thereof upon certification\nand approval by the attorney-general, to such agency or instrumentality,\nprovided vouchers therefor, properly certified and approved as required\nby this section, shall be presented to and filed with the chief fiscal\nofficer of the municipal corporation within six months after final\ndetermination of such judicial proceedings in the case of any such\nexpenses hereafter incurred, and in the case of any such expenses\nheretofore incurred within six months after this section as hereby added\ntakes effect. The provisions of this section shall apply to and in the\ncase of such expenses heretofore incurred subsequent to January first,\nnineteen hundred thirty-two, by such a state agency or instrumentality.\n

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