§ 179-o. Court actions or other legal processes. 1. Notwithstanding
any other provision of law to the contrary, the liability of the state
government, insofar as incurring an obligation to make an interest
payment to a contractor pursuant to the terms of this article is
concerned, shall not extend beyond the date of a notice of intention to
file a claim, the date of a notice of a claim, or the date commencing a
legal action for the payment of such interest, whichever occurs first.
Any such interest payment owed by the state government in accordance
with the provisions of this article as of such date shall be paid as
directed by the court and, to the extent that the interest payment is
attributable to processing delays caused by the state agency which
received the proper invoice or by processing delays caused by the
department of audit and control, such interest payment shall be made
from funds available to said state agency or to the department of audit
and control at the time of final judgment.

2. With respect to the court actions or other legal processes referred
to in subdivision one of this section, any interest obligation incurred
by the state government after the date specified in such subdivision
pursuant to any provision of law other than this article shall be
determined as prescribed by such separate provision of law, shall be
paid as directed by the court, and shall be paid from any appropriation
available for that purpose.