STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 22 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 4, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to internal control offi- cers of state agencies; and to amend the public authorities law, in relation to internal control officers of public authorities The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph d of subdivision 1 of section 951 of the execu- 2 tive law, as added by chapter 510 of the laws of 1999, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 d. designate an internal control officer, who shall report to the head 5 of the agency, to implement and review the internal control responsibil- 6 ities established pursuant to this section; provided, however, that 7 direct internal control responsibilities over the conduct of the desig- 8 nated internal control officer shall be exercised by some other person 9 designated by the head of the agency, who shall also report to the head 10 of the agency for this purpose; 11 § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 2931 of the public authorities law, as 12 added by chapter 510 of the laws of 1999, is amended to read as follows: 13 4. designate an internal control officer, who shall report to the head 14 of the authority, to implement and review the internal control responsi- 15 bilities established pursuant to this section, provided, however, that 16 direct internal control responsibilities over the conduct of the desig- 17 nated internal control officer shall be exercised by some other person 18 designated by the head of the authority, who shall also report to the 19 head of the authority for this purpose; and 20 § 3. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 21 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01486-01-7