The state Legislature and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo have agreed to language in the budget that will authorize the use of electronic poll books for elections.

The deal was announced by Assemblyman Sandy Galef, a Westchester County Democrat, at the joint budget subcommittee on general government and local assistance that met on Wednesday morning in the Capitol. The agreement also includes some state funding for counties, but she said it wasn’t clear what pot of money in the budget it would come from.

Electronic poll books are a critical part of implementing early voting, which was approved earlier this year by state lawmakers and Cuomo. A report by Citizens Union estimated that the technology would cost $14.9 million initially.

The one-house budgets in the Assembly and Senate both included funding for the poll books, as well as on-demand printers, but the governor’ proposal didn’t include funding for either. The governor’s office initially said the local costs would be offset by revenue from an expansion of the internet sales tax and saving with the consolidated primaries.

Galef said she believed the revenue would come from a separate source then the $10 million table target for the subcommittee.