550 - County treasurer; duties.

§ 550. County treasurer; duties. 1. The county treasurer shall perform  the  duties prescribed by law as the chief fiscal officer of the county.  Such county treasurer shall perform such additional and  related  duties  as may be prescribed by law and directed by the board of supervisors.    2.  The  county  treasurer  shall  receive and be the custodian of all  money belonging to the county or in which the county has an interest and  shall keep a true account of all receipts and the expenditures in  books  provided by him at the expense of the county.    3.  On  or  before  the  first  day  of  March in each year the county  treasurer shall furnish a  statement  of  and  pay  over  to  the  state  comptroller  all  penalties  or moneys belonging to the state. Any state  tax levied as part of  the  county  tax  shall  be  paid  to  the  state  comptroller  on  or  before  the  fifteenth day of May in each year. The  county treasurer, the county and the surety or sureties on the  official  undertaking  of  such  county treasurer shall be liable to the state for  all moneys collected and belonging to the state and for  any  state  tax  levied  as a part of the county tax together with interest not exceeding  ten per centum per annum, to  reimburse  the  state  for  any  borrowing  occasioned by any failure to pay the same to the state.    4.  On  or  before  the  tenth day of January in each year, the county  treasurer shall transmit to the town  clerk  of  each  town  within  his  county  a  statement  of all moneys paid by said county treasurer to the  supervisor of the town during the preceding year.    5. The county treasurer shall disburse all moneys  received  from  the  fish  and  wildlife  service  of  the  United  States  department of the  interior pursuant to section seven hundred fifteen-s  of  the  migratory  bird  conservation  act  on a proportional basis to those units of local  government, including, but not  limited  to  school  districts  and  the  county  itself  in  appropriate  cases,  which have incurred the loss or  reduction of real property tax revenues by reason of  the  existence  of  such  areas.  Where  such  moneys  are  to be paid to the supervisors of  towns, in a case where any such wildlife refuge lands are located wholly  within the boundaries of an incorporated village, such moneys  shall  be  paid to the board of trustees of such village. Such moneys shall be used  exclusively  for  town  or village highway purposes, as the case may be.  Where such moneys are paid to treasurers or other fiscal officers  of  a  school district, such moneys shall be used exclusively for public school  purposes.  Upon  request,  a  district  superintendent  of schools shall  furnish to  the  county  treasurer  such  data  as  he  may  require  to  effectuate the disbursement of moneys under this subdivision.    6.  The  board  of  supervisors may, by resolution, determine to enter  into a contract to provide for the deposit of the  periodic  payroll  of  the  county in a bank or trust company for disbursal by it in accordance  with the provisions of section ninety-six-b of the banking law.