Senate Bill S7822

                             
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                                   7822
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             December 20, 2023
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  WEBER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in  relation  to  an  annual
   joint  report  on the financial and operational practices of any state
   authority whose purpose is to operate commuter  transportation  within
   the metropolitan commuter transportation district
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public authorities law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 8 to read as follows:
   § 8. JOINT REPORT. (A) BEGINNING JUNE FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR,
 THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  AUDIT AND CONTROL AND THE AUTHORITIES BUDGET OFFICE
 SHALL FORMULATE AN ANNUAL JOINT REPORT ON THE FINANCIAL AND  OPERATIONAL
 PRACTICES  OF  ANY  STATE AUTHORITY WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO OPERATE COMMUTER
 TRANSPORTATION WITHIN THE METROPOLITAN COMMUTER TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT.
 SUCH REPORT SHALL INCLUDE A REVIEW OF SUCH PRACTICES AND RECOMMENDATIONS
 FOR IMPROVEMENT OF OPERATIONS WITH THE  GOAL  OF  MAKING  SERVICES  MORE
 EFFICIENT  AND  COST EFFECTIVE. NO LATER THAN DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO
 THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR, SUCH REPORT SHALL BE COMPLETED  AND  SUBMITTED  TO
 THE GOVERNOR, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE ASSEMBLY MINORITY LEADER,
 THE  TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, THE SENATE MINORITY LEADER, AND
 ANY STATE AUTHORITIES WHICH ARE SUBJECTS OF THE REPORT.
   (B) ANY AUTHORITY WHO IS A SUBJECT OF A REPORT SHALL SUBMIT ALL  DOCU-
 MENTS  REQUESTED  BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AUDIT AND CONTROL OR THE AUTHORI-
 TIES BUDGET OFFICE WITHIN THIRTY DAYS FROM SUCH REQUEST.
   (C) UPON COMPLETION OF THE REPORT, THE HEAD OF  THE  PUBLIC  AUTHORITY
 WHICH  THE  LETTER  OR REPORT WAS ABOUT, SHALL SUBMIT A WRITTEN RESPONSE
 ACKNOWLEDGING RECEIPT OF THE LETTER OR REPORT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF  THE
 RECEIPT  OF THE REPORT. IF THE REPORT CREATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AUDIT
 AND CONTROL AND THE AUTHORITIES BUDGET OFFICE MAKES RECOMMENDATIONS  FOR
 CORRECTIVE ACTION, SUCH HEAD OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITY SHALL ISSUE A WRIT-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13796-01-3
              

 S. 7822                             2
 
 TEN  REPORT  WITHIN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS AFTER RECEIPT THEREOF TO THE
 DEPARTMENT OF AUDIT AND CONTROL,  THE  AUTHORITIES  BUDGET  OFFICE,  THE
 GOVERNOR, THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY, THE ASSEMBLY MINORITY LEADER, THE
 TEMPORARY  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  SENATE,  AND  THE SENATE MINORITY LEADER,
 CONTAINING WHICH STEPS WERE TAKEN  TO  IMPLEMENT  SUCH  RECOMMENDATIONS,
 AND,  WHERE  RECOMMENDATIONS WERE NOT IMPLEMENTED, THE REASONS THEREFOR.
 FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS  SECTION  SHALL  MAKE  THE
 AUTHORITY DELINQUENT IN ITS REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
   (D)  UPON  RECEIPT  OF  THE  HEAD  OF  THE AUTHORITY'S RESPONSE TO THE
 REPORT, THE GOVERNOR SHALL MAKE A  WRITTEN  DETERMINATION  WITHIN  SIXTY
 DAYS  AS  TO WHETHER ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION NOT TAKEN
 BY THE AUTHORITY SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED BY THE  AUTHORITY  AND  ISSUE  AN
 ORDER FOR THEM TO DO SO.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.