N.Y. Highway Law § 127: Payments from the county road fund

§ 127. Payments from the county road fund. 1. Except as otherwise

provided in this article, no claim against the county road fund shall be

paid unless such claim has first been approved by the county

superintendent of highways, and shall have been audited by the board of

supervisors or a duly appointed auditing officer in the same manner as

other charges against the county; provided, however, that debt service

payments may be made without the approval of the county superintendent

of highways and without prior audit; and compensation for the services

of officers and employees engaged at agreed wages by the hour, day,

week, month or year may be paid without prior audit.

2. Where work is performed pursuant to a written contract which

provides for partial payments as the work progresses, the county

superintendent of highways shall, from time to time, in accordance with

rules established by the state commissioner of transportation, prepare a

voucher showing the total value of the work completed, subtracting

therefrom the completed work under such contract shown in the previous

voucher, if any, and from the result there shall be deducted any

percentages required to be retained as provided in the contract. The

county superintendent of highways shall certify on the voucher or attach

thereto a certificate stating that the work has been performed in

accordance with the plans and specifications. The contractor may request

the payment of any retained amounts upon the deposit of securities as

provided in section one hundred six of the general municipal law.