Bill Text: NY A05619 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to credit card, travel and employee reimbursement policies by municipal corporations, district corporations and school districts

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to local governments [A05619 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A05619-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5619
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 13, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. MOLINARO, WALKER, RAIA -- Multi-Sponsored by --
         M. of A. BARCLAY, FINCH, O'DONNELL, SAYWARD, TEDISCO -- read once  and
         referred to the Committee on Local Governments
       AN  ACT  to amend the general municipal law, in relation to credit card,
         travel and employee reimbursement policies by municipal  corporations,
         district corporations and school districts
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The general municipal  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    2  section 21-a to read as follows:
    3    S  21-A.  CREDIT  CARD, TRAVEL AND EMPLOYEE REIMBURSEMENT POLICIES. 1.
    4  EVERY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, DISTRICT CORPORATION  OR  SCHOOL  DISTRICT,
    5  FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE INTERNAL CONTROLS, SHALL:
    6    (A) ESTABLISH A WRITTEN PROTOCOL FOR USING AND MONITORING MUNICIPAL OR
    7  DISTRICT CREDIT CARDS AND ENSURING THAT CREDIT CARD BILLS ARE RECEIVED;
    8    (B)  THOROUGHLY  REVIEW  CREDIT  CARD CLAIMS AND RECONCILE CREDIT CARD
    9  STATEMENTS WITH RECEIPTS TO ENSURE ALL PURCHASES ARE LEGITIMATE;
   10    (C) CREATE WRITTEN TRAVEL AND EMPLOYEE EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT  POLICIES
   11  AND PROCEDURES; AND
   12    (D)  THOROUGHLY  EXAMINE  ALL  TRAVEL  AND  REIMBURSEMENT EXPENSES AND
   13  DOCUMENTATION.
   14    2.  EACH SUCH MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, DISTRICT  CORPORATION  OR  SCHOOL
   15  DISTRICT  SHALL  INVESTIGATE  QUESTIONABLE  PURCHASES,  AND  TRAVEL  AND
   16  EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENTS, AND RECOVER  FUNDS  ATTRIBUTED  TO  UNAUTHORIZED
   17  EXPENDITURES,  AS  APPROPRIATE. ALL TRANSACTIONS RELATING TO CREDIT CARD
   18  PURCHASES AND TRAVEL AND EMPLOYEE REIMBURSEMENT SHALL BE MADE  AVAILABLE
   19  FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION.
   20    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   21  it shall have become a law.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07100-01-9