§ 722-e. Expenses. All expenses for providing counsel and services
other than counsel hereunder shall be a county charge or in the case of
a county wholly located within a city a city charge to be paid out of an
appropriation for such purposes. Provided, however, that any such
additional expenses incurred for the provision of counsel and services
as a result of the implementation of a plan established pursuant to
subdivision four of section eight hundred thirty-two of the executive
law, including any interim steps taken to implement such plan, shall be
reimbursed by the state to the county or city providing such services.
Such plans shall be submitted by the office of indigent legal services
to the director of the division of budget for review and approval.
However, the director's approval shall be limited solely to the plan's
projected fiscal impact of the required appropriation for the
implementation of such plan, and his or her approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld. The state shall appropriate funds sufficient to
provide for the reimbursement required by this section.