Assembly Bill A2731

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires written responses to reports of examination by the office of the state comptroller and reports of external audits

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A2731 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4660
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §35, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A3214, S3312
2013-2014: A299, S1601

2009-A2731 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires written responses to reports of examination by the office of the state comptroller, reports of external audits performed by independent public accountants or management letters prepared in conjunction with such external audits.

2009-A2731 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2731

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 21, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. SWEENEY, JOHN, FIELDS, KAVANAGH -- Multi-Spon-
  sored by -- M. of A.  ALESSI, CAHILL, GALEF, GUNTHER, HOOPER,  JAFFEE,
  PHEFFER,  WEISENBERG  --  read  once  and referred to the Committee on
  Local Governments

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the writing of
  responses to audit findings and recommendations

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 35 of the general
municipal law, as amended by chapter 692 of the laws of 1989, is amended
to read as follows:
  (a)  Within  ten  days  after  the  filing  of a report of examination
performed by the office  of  the  state  comptroller,  a  report  of  an
external  audit  performed  by  an  independent public accountant or any
management letter prepared in conjunction with such  an  external  audit
with  the  clerk  of  the  municipal corporation, industrial development
agency, district, agency or activity, or with the secretary if there  is
no  clerk,  he  OR SHE shall give public notice thereof in substantially
the following form: "Notice is hereby given that the fiscal  affairs  of
(name of municipal corporation, industrial development agency, district,
agency  or  activity)  for  the  period  beginning on............... and
ending on..............., have been examined by (the office of the state
comptroller or an independent public accountant), and that  the  (report
of  examination  performed  by  the  office  of the state comptroller or
report of, or  management  letter  prepared  in  conjunction  with,  the
external  audit  by the independent public accountant) has been filed in
my office where it is available as a public record for inspection by all
interested persons. Pursuant  to  section  thirty-five  of  the  general
municipal  law,  the  governing board of (name of municipal corporation,
district, agency or activity) [may, in its discretion,] IS  REQUIRED  TO
prepare  a written response to ANY FINDINGS, INCLUDING ANY ADVERSE OPIN-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02837-01-9
              

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