Section 17. Accountability of secretary and clerk to comptroller  


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      secretary of the senate, or such other  officers  or  employees  of  the
      senate  as the temporary president of the senate shall designate and the
      clerk of the assembly, or  such  other  officers  or  employees  of  the
      assembly  as  the speaker of the assembly shall designate, respectively,
      shall, from time to time, file with  the  comptroller  vouchers  of  all
      bills  incurred  by their respective houses for the purchase of material
      and services except personal service. Such vouchers  duly  certified  by
      such  secretary  or  clerk  or  designee,  shall  be  accompanied by the
      certification of each payee to the effect  that  each  invoice  or  bill
      covered  by  such voucher is just, true and correct and that the balance
      is actually due and owing.
        The respective fiscal officers shall from  time  to  time  notify  the
      comptroller  of  the  appointment  of  personnel  and  the  rendering of
      personal services, at such times and in such manner as  the  comptroller
      shall prescribe, and stating the name and title of the payee, the period
      of service, the compensation and the amount due.
        This  section shall not apply to employees of the committee on finance
      of the senate, of the committee on ways and means of the assembly or  of
      special joint legislative committees.