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Assembly Bill A5619

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires municipal corporations and school districts to establish a written protocol for using and monitoring municipal or district credit cards

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2009-A5619 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง21-a, Gen Muni L

2009-A5619 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires municipal corporations, district corporations and school districts to establish a written protocol for using and monitoring municipal or district credit cards; requires municipal corporations, district corporations and school districts to investigate questionable purchases, and travel and expense reimbursements, and to recover funds attributed to unauthorized expenditures.

2009-A5619 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5619

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 13, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. MOLINARO, WALKER, RAIA -- Multi-Sponsored by --
  M. of A. BARCLAY, FINCH, O'DONNELL, SAYWARD, TEDISCO -- read once  and
  referred to the Committee on Local Governments

AN  ACT  to amend the general municipal law, in relation to credit card,
  travel and employee reimbursement policies by municipal  corporations,
  district corporations and school districts

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

  Section 1. The general municipal  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
section 21-a to read as follows:
  S  21-A.  CREDIT  CARD, TRAVEL AND EMPLOYEE REIMBURSEMENT POLICIES. 1.
EVERY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, DISTRICT CORPORATION  OR  SCHOOL  DISTRICT,
FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE INTERNAL CONTROLS, SHALL:
  (A) ESTABLISH A WRITTEN PROTOCOL FOR USING AND MONITORING MUNICIPAL OR
DISTRICT CREDIT CARDS AND ENSURING THAT CREDIT CARD BILLS ARE RECEIVED;
  (B)  THOROUGHLY  REVIEW  CREDIT  CARD CLAIMS AND RECONCILE CREDIT CARD
STATEMENTS WITH RECEIPTS TO ENSURE ALL PURCHASES ARE LEGITIMATE;
  (C) CREATE WRITTEN TRAVEL AND EMPLOYEE EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT  POLICIES
AND PROCEDURES; AND
  (D)  THOROUGHLY  EXAMINE  ALL  TRAVEL  AND  REIMBURSEMENT EXPENSES AND
DOCUMENTATION.
  2.  EACH SUCH MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, DISTRICT  CORPORATION  OR  SCHOOL
DISTRICT  SHALL  INVESTIGATE  QUESTIONABLE  PURCHASES,  AND  TRAVEL  AND
EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENTS, AND RECOVER  FUNDS  ATTRIBUTED  TO  UNAUTHORIZED
EXPENDITURES,  AS  APPROPRIATE. ALL TRANSACTIONS RELATING TO CREDIT CARD
PURCHASES AND TRAVEL AND EMPLOYEE REIMBURSEMENT SHALL BE MADE  AVAILABLE
FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07100-01-9

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