* § 88. Administration expenses. The entire expense of administering the state insurance fund shall be paid out of such fund which shall not be considered an agency or a fund of the state for the purposes of section four of the state finance law. The portion of such expenses applicable and chargeable to the disability benefits fund shall be determined on an equitable basis with due allowance for the division of overhead expenses. There shall be submitted to the director of the budget quarterly financial statements on a calendar year basis. In no case shall the amount of administrative expenditures so authorized for an entire year from the workers' compensation fund exceed twenty-five per centum of the earned premiums for such insurance for that year. In no case shall the amount of administrative expenditures authorized for the disability benefits fund for an entire year exceed twenty-five per centum of the premiums earned by that fund for such insurance for that year. No payment, expenditure or refund out of the state insurance fund shall be subject to pre-audit by the department of audit and control as provided by section one hundred eleven of the state finance law. All appointments to positions in the state insurance fund shall be made subject to civil service requirements.

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