Bill Text: NY A05315 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Establishes a private sector commission on cost control in New York state government; provides for expiration of provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 27-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-15 - referred to ways and means [A05315 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A05315-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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5315
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 15, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. MOLINARO, McKEVITT, OAKS, CALHOUN, KOLB, BARCLAY,
TOBACCO, HAWLEY, McDONOUGH, P. LOPEZ, MALLIOTAKIS, McLAUGHLIN --
Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CASTELLI, CONTE, CORWIN, CROUCH,
DUPREY, FINCH, GIGLIO, GOODELL, JORDAN, KATZ, KELLNER, RAIA, SAYWARD,
SPANO, TEDISCO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Ways and
Means
AN ACT to establish a private sector commission on cost control in New
York state government; and providing for the repeal of such provisions
upon expiration thereof
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Establishment. (a) There is hereby established the private
2 sector commission on cost control in New York state government. The
3 commission shall be composed of ten members to be appointed from among
4 citizens in private life as follows: two shall be appointed by the
5 governor; two shall be appointed by the state comptroller; two shall be
6 appointed by the temporary president of the senate and one by the minor-
7 ity leader of the senate; two shall be appointed by the speaker of the
8 assembly and one by the minority leader of the assembly. Appointments
9 to the commission shall be made within ninety days of the date upon
10 which this act shall have become a law.
11 (b) The chairperson of the commission shall be designated by the
12 governor and such designation shall require the advice and consent of
13 the senate.
14 S 2. Functions of the commission. (a) The commission shall conduct a
15 private sector survey on cost control in New York state government and
16 shall advise the governor, the state comptroller, the temporary presi-
17 dent of the senate and the speaker of the assembly with respect to
18 improving management and reducing costs.
19 (b) The commission shall conduct in depth reviews of the operations of
20 every state agency, public authority, public benefit corporation, state
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 commission or board, college or university of which a majority of the
2 members of the governing board or body are (i) appointed by the governor
3 or by another state officer, (ii) designated as members by virtue of
4 their state office, or (iii) appointed or designated by any combination
5 of the foregoing.
6 S 3. The commission shall provide, as they are approved by at least
7 six of the ten members of the commission, single-agency reports and
8 government-wide reports, which shall include a list of findings and
9 recommendations, to the governor, the state comptroller, the temporary
10 president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly. The recommenda-
11 tions shall be listed in the following categories: (a) recommendations
12 which can be implemented without changes in statute or regulations; (b)
13 recommendations which can only be implemented by changes in regulations;
14 and (c) recommendations which can only be implemented by changes in
15 statute. Along with each recommendation, where practicable, the report
16 shall estimate the savings that could result from its implementation.
17 S 4. By March 1, 2012, the commission shall issue a final report to
18 the governor, the state comptroller, the temporary president of the
19 senate and the speaker of the assembly summarizing the findings, recom-
20 mendations and estimated savings detailed in individual reports issued
21 pursuant to section three of this act.
22 S 5. By December 31, 2012, the state comptroller shall issue a report
23 to the governor, the temporary president of the senate and the speaker
24 of the assembly detailing his or her views on the methodology used to
25 make estimates of savings in the commission's reports and, where practi-
26 cable, his or her own estimates of the savings that would result from
27 implementation of the commission's recommendations. In this report, the
28 state comptroller shall not include his or her views on the advisability
29 of any of the recommendations of the commission.
30 S 6. In issuing reports under this act the commission shall consider
31 providing recommendations in the following areas: (a) opportunities for
32 increased efficiency and reduced costs in the state government that can
33 be realized by executive action or legislation; (b) areas where manage-
34 rial accountability can be enhanced and administrative control can be
35 improved; (c) opportunities for managerial improvements over both the
36 short and long term; (d) specific areas where further study can be
37 justified by potential savings; (e) information and data relating to
38 governmental expenditures, indebtedness, and personal management.
39 S 7. Administration. (a) The heads of state agencies, public authori-
40 ties, public benefit corporations, state commissions or boards, colleges
41 or universities that are subject to section two of this act shall, to
42 the extent permitted by law, provide the commission and its staff units
43 such information, including that relating to the structure, organiza-
44 tion, personnel and operations of such entities, as may be required for
45 carrying out the purposes of this act.
46 (b) Members of the commission and staff units of the commission shall
47 serve without compensation.
48 (c) The division of the budget and the department of audit and control
49 shall provide, upon the request of at least six members of the commis-
50 sion, overall administrative staff support to the commission and guide
51 the day-to-day operations of the commission. The division of the budget
52 and the department of audit and control may be utilized upon the request
53 of at least six members of the commission, to provide such staff support
54 as is necessary to accomplish review of individual agencies.
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1 (d) The commission is to be funded, staffed and equipped, to the
2 extent practicable and permitted by law, by the private sector without
3 cost to the state.
4 S 8. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire December
5 31, 2012 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed
6 repealed.
