2006 New York Code - 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.