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                                   8401
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 15, 2019
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. FALL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Cities
 
 AN ACT to establish the  state  fiscal  oversight  commission  to  study
   fiscal issues in the city of New York
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. A state commission, to be known as the state  fiscal  over-
 sight  commission (hereinafter "commission"), is hereby created to study
 fiscal issues in the city of New York (hereinafter "city") including but
 not limited to:
   (a) the cost effectiveness of public-funded projects in the city;
   (b) a review of the city's local fiscal reports to identify and  solve
 any potential issues;
   (c)  the  use  of  loans  offered  by  the state to avoid default of a
 governmental entity of the city;
   (d) the approval and selling of bonds issued by the city or any of its
 political subdivisions for capital projects such as fire stations, water
 plants, and parks; and
   (e) any other area related to ensuring the fiscal health of  the  city
 as determined by the chairperson.
   §  2.  The  commission shall implement a plan whereby any governmental
 entity of the city that the commission determines is  in  severe  fiscal
 distress  shall  be  placed on a watch list. If such fiscal situation is
 not resolved in a reasonable period as determined  by  the  chairperson,
 the  commission  may assume and run such local entity's day-to-day oper-
 ations, including raising  taxes,  until  local  officials  resolve  the
 underlying crisis.
   §  3.  The  commission shall consist of six members to be appointed as
 follows: two shall be appointed by the governor; two shall be  appointed
 by the state comptroller; one shall be appointed by the temporary presi-
 dent  of  the  senate;  and one shall be appointed by the speaker of the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 assembly. The members of the commission shall serve at the  pleasure  of
 the  official  making  the  appointment of such member. Vacancies in the
 membership of the commission shall be filled in the manner provided  for
 original appointments. Membership on the commission shall not constitute
 a  public  office.  A chairperson of the commission shall be selected by
 the governor from one of his or her two appointees.
   § 4. The members of the commission shall receive no  compensation  for
 their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
 incurred in the performance of their duties pursuant to this act.
   §  5.  The  commission  may  conduct  any hearings or take any written
 testimony as it deems necessary, and shall take all other  steps  neces-
 sary  to  provide  a  thorough  analysis  of  all  issues related to the
 provisions listed in section one of this act.
   § 6. The commission shall issue a report on its findings no later than
 December 31, 2020, and annually thereafter. The commission  shall  issue
 its  report  to  the governor, the state comptroller, the speaker of the
 assembly, and the temporary president of the senate.
   § 7. This act shall take effect immediately.