New York Local Finance Law Section 141.00 - State comptroller to prescribe form of debt statement.

141.00 State comptroller to prescribe form of debt statement. a. The state comptroller shall prescribe the form of debt statements and may require that there be submitted with such statements such other information as he deems appropriate.

b. The state comptroller shall prepare printed forms of debt statements and shall make them available for distribution to municipalities, fire districts and school districts.

c. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the state comptroller shall furnish to any person upon request a copy of any debt statement filed in his office pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, upon prepayment of the following fees:

1. For a copy of any such statement, one dollar and fifty cents;

2. For a certified copy of any such statement certified under the seal of his office, two dollars;

3. For an exemplified copy of any such statement, three dollars;

4. For a copy, a certified copy or an exemplified copy of any debt statement, an additional fee shall be charged at the rate of ten cents per folio for all folios in excess of ten folios for matter in any such statement showing the date, type, amount, and object or purpose, of obligations authorized to be issued but which in fact had not been issued as of the date of preparation of such statement.

Any such fee shall be fifty cents less for a certified or exemplified copy of any such debt statement if a previously prepared typewritten or photographic copy shall be presented to the state comptroller for certification or exemplification. The state comptroller shall make no charge for searching for any such debt statement if and when a copy, certified copy, or exemplified copy of the debt statement searched for is furnished to the person making such request.

Except as above provided, the state comptroller shall charge a fee of one dollar for searching for any debt statement filed in his office pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.


Last modified: February 3, 2019