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Assembly Bill A10212

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to the public service department undertaking a comprehensive and regular management and operations audit of the Power Authority of the State of New York

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2011-A10212 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3, Pub Serv L; amd §1005, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A3643
2015-2016: A1976
2017-2018: A3774, A10066

2011-A10212 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the public service department undertaking a comprehensive and regular management and operations audit of the Power Authority of the State of New York.

2011-A10212 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  10212

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 14, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BRENNAN, SWEENEY, GOLDFEDER, P. RIVERA, CRESPO --
  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of A. ABBATE, AUBRY, CLARK, COOK, GIBSON,
  GUNTHER,  JACOBS,  JAFFEE,   LUPARDO,   MAGEE,   MAGNARELLI,   MARKEY,
  O'DONNELL,  REILLY, ROSENTHAL, SCARBOROUGH, TITONE, TITUS, WEISENBERG,
  WEPRIN, WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on  Corpo-
  rations, Authorities and Commissions

AN ACT to amend the public service law, in relation to the department of
  public  service;  and to amend the public authorities law, in relation
  to the power authority of the State of New York

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

  Section  1.  This  act  shall  be known and may be cited as the "Power
Authority of the State of New York oversight and accountability act".
  S 2. Section 3 of the public service law is amended by  adding  a  new
subdivision 3 to read as follows:
  3.  THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL, UPON NOTIFICATION TO THE POWER AUTHORITY OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK, UNDERTAKE A COMPREHENSIVE AND REGULAR  MANAGEMENT
AND   OPERATIONS   AUDIT  OF  SAID  AUTHORITY  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION
TWENTY-FOUR OF SECTION ONE THOUSAND FIVE OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES  LAW.
THE  DEPARTMENT SHALL HAVE DISCRETION TO HAVE SUCH AN AUDIT PERFORMED BY
ITS STAFF, OR BY AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR. IN EVERY CASE  IN  WHICH  AN
AUDIT  IS  REQUIRED  PURSUANT  TO SUBDIVISION TWENTY-FOUR OF SECTION ONE
THOUSAND FIVE OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES LAW PERFORMED BY AN  INDEPENDENT
AUDITOR,  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO SELECT THE AUDITOR,
AND TO REQUIRE THE POWER AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF  NEW  YORK  TO  ENTER
INTO  A  CONTRACT WITH THE AUDITOR THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CONTRACT-
ING-RELATED REQUIREMENTS SPECIFIED IN SUBDIVISION  NINETEEN  OF  SECTION
SIXTY-SIX   OF   THIS   CHAPTER  AND  THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF  SUBDIVISION
TWENTY-FOUR OF SECTION ONE THOUSAND FIVE OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITIES  LAW.
SUCH  CONTRACT SHALL PROVIDE FURTHER THAT THE AUDITOR SHALL WORK FOR AND
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT ACCORDING TO  SUCH  TERMS  AS  THE
DEPARTMENT MAY DETERMINE ARE NECESSARY AND REASONABLE.
  S 3. Section 1005 of the public authorities law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 24 to read as follows:

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

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