N.Y. Agriculture & Markets Law § 87: Payments for animals killed

§ 87. Payments for animals killed. The commissioner shall determine

all claims which may be presented to him for indemnity to owners of

animals killed by the state under the provisions of this article, and

shall file in his office a certificate of his determination and,

provided the claim is determined complete, shall within five days of

having received the claim, issue his order for the amount due to the

comptroller for payment. All claims allowed shall bear interest computed

as provided in section one hundred seventy-nine-g of the state finance

law. A claim shall be considered an invoice within the meaning of the

provisions of article eleven-A of the state finance law. Anyone having a

right of reimbursement pursuant to the provisions of this article shall

be deemed to be a "contractor" having a "contract" with a "state agency"

as such terms are defined in section one hundred seventy-nine-e of the

state finance law. The commissioner shall issue his order for the amount

due as determined by the certificate, which amount shall be paid from

the treasury, on the warrant of the comptroller, out of moneys

appropriated therefor.