New York Consolidated Law|SECTION 3403

                                                

  § 3403. Funeral directing; fees; fines; penalties; dispositions. 1.
All fees, fines, penalties and other moneys derived from the operation
of this article or rules promulgated pursuant thereto shall be paid to
the department and on the fifth day of each month shall be paid by the
department to the state treasury.

2. Moneys received pursuant to this article may be refunded to the
applicant on proof satisfactory to the commissioner that:

(a) such moneys were in excess of the amounts required by law;

(b) examination for which application has been made and for which fee
has been paid was denied;

(c) the individual, corporation, or association which applied for
registration or license has ceased business prior to commencement of the
period of such registration or license because of death, dissolution, or
removal from the state.

3. (a) All licensing and registration fees collected pursuant to this
article shall be deposited into the miscellaneous special revenue fund -
339, the funeral directing program account, which is hereby established.

(b) Monies available in the funeral directing program account shall be
used to support the department's activities relating to ensuring
compliance with the provisions of this chapter as they relate to the
practice of funeral directing.