Senate Bill S2501

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Extends provisions for internal audits by school districts from annually to every five years

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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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2013-S2501 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4166
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง2116-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S4486, A8404
2015-2016: S1051, A4345
2017-2018: S2597, A4467
2019-2020: S2955
2021-2022: S6936

2013-S2501 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends provisions for internal audits by school districts from annually to every five years.

2013-S2501 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S2501 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2501

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 18, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. RANZENHOFER, BONACIC, DeFRANCISCO, LARKIN, SEWARD --
  read  twice  and  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
  the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  extending  provisions
  for  internal  audits  by school districts from annually to every five
  years

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

  Section  1.  Subdivisions  1  and 7 of section 2116-b of the education
law, as added by chapter 263 of the laws of 2005, are amended to read as
follows:
  1. No later than July first, two thousand six,  each  school  district
shall  establish  an internal audit function to be in operation no later
than the following December thirty-first. Such function  shall  include:
(a)  development  of a risk assessment of district operations, including
but not limited to, a review of financial policies  and  procedures  and
the  testing and evaluation of district internal controls; (b) [an annu-
al] A review and update of such risk assessment; and (c) preparation  of
reports[,  at least annually or more frequently as the trustees or board
of education may direct,]  which  analyze  significant  risk  assessment
findings,  recommend  changes  for  strengthening  controls and reducing
identified risks, and specify  timeframes  for  implementation  of  such
recommendations.    AUDITS  PERFORMED  PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE
COMPLETED EVERY FIVE YEARS.
  7. Nothing in this section shall be construed as  requiring  a  school
district  in any city with a population of one hundred twenty-five thou-
sand or more to replace or modify an existing  internal  audit  function
where  such  function already exists by special or local law, so long as
the superintendent of the district [annually] certifies to  the  commis-
sioner  that  the  existing internal audit function meets or exceeds the
requirements of this section;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05164-01-3
              

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