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                                   1953
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 14, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  WEBER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations,  Authorities
   and Commissions
 
 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 9 to read as follows:
   § 9. JOINT REPORT. (A) BEGINNING JUNE FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-SIX,
 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-SIX, 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03491-01-5
              

 S. 1953                             2
 
 CORRECTIVE ACTION, SUCH HEAD OF THE PUBLIC AUTHORITY SHALL ISSUE A WRIT-
 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.