3670 - Miscellaneous provisions.

§  3670.  Miscellaneous provisions. 1. Notwithstanding anything to the  contrary in title six-A of article two of the local finance law, neither  the  county  nor  any  covered  organization  shall  file  any  petition  authorized by such title six-A without the approval of the authority and  the  state  comptroller.  No such petition shall be filed as long as any  bonds issued  by  the  authority  remain  outstanding.  Failure  of  the  authority  or  the  state  comptroller to notify the county or a covered  organization within thirty days (or such additional time, not  exceeding  thirty  days,  as the authority or state comptroller shall have notified  the county or covered organization that  it  requires  to  complete  its  review)  after  submission  to  it  of  a  petition  shall  be deemed to  constitute authority or state comptroller approval thereof.    2. Nothing contained in this title shall limit the right of the county  or any covered  organization  to  comply  with  the  provisions  of  any  existing  contract within or for the benefit of the holders of any bonds  or notes of the county or such covered organization.     3. Nothing contained in this title shall be construed  to  limit  the  power of the county or a covered organization during any interim finance  period  to  determine, from time to time, within available funds for the  county  or  for  such  covered  organization,  the  purposes  for  which  expenditures  are  to be made by the county or such covered organization  and the amounts of such  expenditures,  consistent  with  the  aggregate  expenditures  then  permitted under the financial plan for the county or  such covered organization.    4. The authority's fiscal year shall be January first through December  thirty-first.    5. Nothing contained in this title shall alter or modify the right  of  any town, city or village within the county regarding funding assistance  due  from  the  county  as authorized pursuant to section twelve hundred  sixty-two-e of the tax law.    6. The authority shall adopt guidelines for procurement  contracts  in  accordance  with  section  twenty-eight  hundred  seventy-nine  of  this  chapter.