Assembly Bill A8936

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to comprehensive and regular management and operations 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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2019-A8936 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6868
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§1020-s & 1020-f, Pub Auth L

2019-A8936 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to comprehensive and regular management and operations audits.

2019-A8936 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8936
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 2, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to comprehensive
   and regular management and operations audits
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 1020-s of the public authorities law, as amended by
 chapter 388 of the laws of 2011, is amended by adding a new  subdivision
 3 to read as follows:
   3.  IN THE EVENT THAT A COMPREHENSIVE AND REGULAR MANAGEMENT AND OPER-
 ATIONS AUDIT, AS PROVIDED BY SUBDIVISION (BB) OF  SECTION  ONE  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-F  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  INDICATES  A  FINDING  OF FRAUD, ABUSE, OR
 MISMANAGEMENT BY A SERVICE PROVIDER OF THE AUTHORITY, AND UPON A FINDING
 BY THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION THAT REASONABLE CAUSE  EXISTS  FOR  THE
 BASIS  OF  SUCH INDICATION, THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION MAY ORDER THAT
 ANY RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED IN THE REGULAR MANAGEMENT  AND  OPERATIONS
 AUDIT  BE IMPLEMENTED. THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION MAY ALSO PROVIDE IN
 THEIR ORDER, THE DATE IN WHICH ANY RECOMMENDATION MUST BE  FULLY  IMPLE-
 MENTED.  FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ANY SUCH ORDER CAN RESULT IN THE IMPOSI-
 TION OF A CIVIL PENALTY BY THE PUBLIC  SERVICE  COMMISSION  AGAINST  THE
 SERVICE  PROVIDER  OR  REVOCATION OF THE SERVICE PROVIDER'S AUTHORITY TO
 OPERATE WITHIN THE STATE.
   § 2. Subdivision (bb) of section 1020-f of the public authorities law,
 as amended by section 7 of part A of chapter 173 of the laws of 2013, is
 amended by adding a new paragraph 5 to read as follows:
   5. NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING, IN THE EVENT  THAT  A  COMPREHENSIVE
 AND  REGULAR  MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS AUDIT AS CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE
 WITH THIS SUBDIVISION INDICATES A FINDING OF FRAUD, ABUSE OR  MISMANAGE-
 MENT  BY  A SERVICE PROVIDER OF THE AUTHORITY, AND UPON A FINDING BY THE
 PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION THAT REASONABLE CAUSE EXISTS FOR THE BASIS  OF
 SUCH INDICATION, THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION MAY ORDER THAT ANY RECOM-
 MENDATIONS  CONTAINED  IN THE REGULAR MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS AUDIT BE
 IMPLEMENTED. THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION MAY  ALSO  PROVIDE  IN  THEIR
 ORDER, THE DATE IN WHICH THE RECOMMENDATIONS BE FULLY IMPLEMENTED. FAIL-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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