Section 170. Audit of agencies by the state comptroller; reports of corrective action  


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  • Whenever the state comptroller shall conduct an audit
      of the activities and  operations  of  any  department,  bureau,  board,
      commission,  authority  or any other agency or instrumentality, he shall
      submit a tenative copy of a report of such audit  to  the  head  of  the
      entity audited. The head of such entity may submit a written response to
      such  tentative  report  within  thirty days of the receipt thereof. The
      state comptroller shall thereafter submit a final report of  such  audit
      which  shall  contain a complete copy of the response, if any, submitted
      to the tentative report. If the final report makes  recommendations  for
      corrective  action,  the  head of the entity audited shall report within
      ninety  days  after  receipt  thereof  to  the   governor,   the   state
      comptroller, the president, president pro tem and minority leader of the
      senate,  the speaker, majority and minority leaders of the assembly, and
      the  chairman  and  ranking  minority  members  of  the  senate  finance
      committee  and  the  assembly  ways  and  means  committees of the state
      legislature what steps were taken  to  implement  such  recommendations,
      and, where recommendations were not implemented, the reasons therefor.