N.Y. State Finance Law § 99-hh: Criminal justice discovery compensation fund

* § 99-hh. Criminal justice discovery compensation fund. 1. There is

hereby established in the joint custody of the state comptroller and the

commissioner of taxation and finance a fund to be known as the criminal

justice discovery compensation fund.

3. (a) Monies of the criminal justice discovery compensation fund,

following appropriation by the legislature and allocation by the

director of the budget, shall be made available for local assistance

services and expenses related to discovery reform implementation,

including but not limited to, digital evidence transmission technology,

administrative support, computers, hardware and operating software, data

connectivity, development of training materials, staff training,

overtime costs, litigation readiness, and pretrial services. Eligible

entities shall include, but not be limited to counties, cities with

populations less than one million, and law enforcement and prosecutorial

entities within towns and villages.

(b) The director of the budget shall provide the amount of the monies

allocated pursuant to this section to the chief administrator of the

courts and the division of criminal justice services for the purpose of

completing the report required pursuant to subdivision six of section

two hundred sixteen of the judiciary law.

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