HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4240        FILED ON: 3/20/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3972

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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Resolve providing for an investigation and study by a special commission relative to quasi public agencies.

Resolved, That a special commission, to consist of 3 members of the senate, 3 members of the house of representatives, the secretary of state or his designee, the state auditor or his designee, the inspector general or his designee, the secretary of the executive off for administration and finance or her designee and the attorney general or her designee, is hereby established for the purpose of making an investigation and study of quasi-public agencies in the commonwealth.  Said commission shall examine the administrative, managerial and fiscal systems and the accountability of such agencies. Said commission shall consider issues of quasi-public agency governance, financial management practices, accounting, controls, and whether policies and procedures are in place to assure the integrity of quasi-public agency operations, expectations in law and general accepted accounting and management standards applicable to quasi-public agencies in the commonwealth.  Accountability of quasi-public agencies to the commonwealth, including the executive and legislative branches and to the public.  Said commission shall report to the general court the results of its investigation and study and its recommendations, if any, together with drafts of legislation necessary to carry such recommendations into effect by filing the same with the clerk of the senate on or before July 31, 2010.