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- Print number 4056a
- Amend and recommit to governmental operations
- Referred to governmental operations
- Referred to governmental operations
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Consolidates and reduces the frequency of reporting requirements by various departments, agencies and public authorities; repealer
In Senate Committee · Finance · Sponsor Carl Kruger
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:A4056A
Title of bill
An act to amend the New York state printing and public documents law, the agriculture and markets law, the environmental conservation law, the labor law, the mental hygiene law, the social services law, and the workers' compensation law, in relation to consol- idating and reducing the frequency of reporting requirements and forwarding copies thereof to the legislative library; and repealing certain provisions of the labor law, section 2 of chapter 57 of the laws of 1988 amending the mental hygiene law relating to requiring minimum standards for active programming of patients at psychiatric centers and reporting on their development and implementation, section 3 of chapter 762 of the laws of 1984 amending the education law relating to requiring certain reports by the state university of New York and the city univer- sity of New York, certain provisions of chapter 166 of the laws of 1991 amending the tax law and other laws relating to deduction or credit by a shareholder under the article 22 income tax for tax imposed under arti- cle 9-A of the tax law, and certain provisions of the state university of New York and the city university of New York retirement incentive act of 1992, relating to the submission and content of reports and to previ- ously executed provisions of law now obsolete
Purpose
Consolidates and reduces the frequency of reporting require- ments by various departments, agencies and public authorities; repealer
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Summary of provisions
This bill amends the environmental conservation law by adding a new section 54-0102, repeals article 25 of the labor law and adds a new Article 25, amends subdivision (d) of section 33.03 of the mental hygiene law by adding new paragraph 3, amends the opening paragraph of subdivision (d) of section 17 of the social services law is designated paragraph (i) and a new paragraph (ii) is added, amends subdivision 1 of section 228 of the workers' compensation law, repeals section 3 of chapter 762 of the laws of 1984, repeals section 357 of chapter 166 of the laws of 1991, repeals section 11 of chapter 494 of the law of 1992.
Justification
Reporting requirements can be one of the Legislature's most effective tools for monitoring agency operations. Reports can help identify programs that are not working and can lead to recommendations for reform. Reports sometimes may not provide the types of information needed to evaluate program effectiveness. This may be because the statu- tory reporting requirements are not specific enough to elicit the types of needed information to evaluate program effectiveness. Some reports currently mandated may no longer be needed or not needed as frequently.
This bill provides mandate relief through the elimination of unneeded reporting requirements and reduced frequency of other requirements, and improves government accountability through strengthened reporting requirements. It does this by eliminating, reducing the frequency, and strengthening certain reports. The Oversight Committee completed a tele- phone survey of twenty-three agencies in an attempt to discern agencies'
distribution policies for statutorily required reports issued to the "legislature."
The results of the survey indicated that how agencies interpreted the "legislature" varied dependent upon a number of variables including, but not limited to, the nature of the report, the degree of public interest or controversy associated with the report and the financial situation of the reporting agencies. Eight agencies indicated that they interpreted reports to the legislature to mean each and every member of the legisla- ture is to receive a full copy of the report at all times. Other agen- cies felt that they satisfied the requirements of statute by providing reports to selected members. To deal with this the bill creates a consistent policy for the handling of the distribution of reports to the legislature. It also provides for an executive summary which will high- light the provisions of the reports including, as appropriate, findings and recommendations.
Legislative history
2009: A04056 (Kavanagh) - Governmental Operations
Fiscal impact on the state
Possible cost reduction.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, section 54-0102 of the environmental conservation law, as added by section three of this act, shall take effect on the first of January 23 next succeeding the date on which this act shall have become a law.
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