Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Nov 20, 2019 |
signed chap.507 |
Nov 08, 2019 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 11, 2019 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1256 substituted for s5448 |
Jun 11, 2019 |
substituted by a7794 ordered to third reading cal.1256 committee discharged and committed to rules |
May 01, 2019 |
referred to finance |
Senate Bill S5448
Signed By Governor2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 42nd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A7794 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2019-S5448 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7794
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §170, Exec L
2019-S5448 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5448 SPONSOR: SKOUFIS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the executive law, in relation to the timeframe for implementation of recommendations included within final reports for corrective action PURPOSE: The purpose of this legislation is to increase the amount of time within which a state agency or authority has to report on the implementation status of recommendations contained in an audit report from 90 to 180 days after the release of an audit report conducted by the Office of the State Comptroller (OSC). Under the current time frame, auditees often submit the same response that they previously submitted to the final report. With this change, auditees will now have sufficient time to include with their response the steps taken to implement the recommenda- tions contained in the Comptroller's audit report and, if recommenda- tions were not implemented, the reasons why. This proposed amendment will provide auditees with more time to take meaningful corrective action, provide stake holders with greater transparency about agencies' implementation of audit recommendations by providing information on
2019-S5448 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5448 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 1, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- (at request of the State Comptroller) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the timeframe for implementation of recommendations included within final reports for corrective action THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 170 of the executive law, as added by chapter 218 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows: § 170. Audit of agencies by the state comptroller; reports of correc- tive action. Whenever the state comptroller shall conduct an audit of the activities and operations of any department, bureau, board, commis- sion, authority or any other agency or instrumentality, he OR SHE shall submit a [tenative] TENTATIVE copy of a report of such audit to the head of the entity audited. The head of such entity may submit a written response to such tentative report within thirty days of the receipt thereof. The state comptroller shall thereafter submit a final report of such audit which shall contain a complete copy of the response, if any, submitted to the tentative report. If the final report makes recommenda- tions for corrective action, the head of the entity audited shall report within [ninety] ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY days after receipt thereof to the governor, the state comptroller, the president, president pro tem and minority leader of the senate, the speaker, majority and minority lead- ers of the assembly, and the chairman and ranking minority members of the senate finance committee and the assembly ways and means committees of the state legislature what steps were taken to implement such recom- mendations, and, where recommendations were not implemented, the reasons therefor. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08970-01-9
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