§ 6-a. Power to suspend local authority board members and executive\nstaff. 1. The authorities budget office shall have the authority,\nsubject to subdivision two of this section, to suspend one or more\nmembers of a local authority board of directors, or the chief executive\nofficer or equivalent position of a local authority for a period not to\nexceed ninety days when such individual or individuals knowingly fails\nor neglects to submit any report required by section twenty-eight\nhundred of this chapter within thirty-six months of its due date. The\nauthorities budget office is authorized to terminate such a suspension\nif the board member or chief executive officer demonstrates that he or\nshe has remedied their non-compliance. For the purposes of this section,\nthe "suspension" of an individual shall mean the temporary removal of\nthe rights, responsibilities, powers and duties of a person who is an\nappointed board member of a local authority or the individual who serves\nas chief executive officer through appointment or contract. Should the\nauthorities budget office suspend the full board of directors or a\nmajority of current board members the term "suspension" shall mean the\nboard of directors is prohibited from taking actions, votes, or adopting\nresolutions, that bind the board to future agreements, contracts,\nfinancial commitments, indebtedness, or other actions, other than\nactions necessary to resolve the noncompliance or satisfy existing legal\nor administrative obligations.\n 2. (a) Pursuant to policies and procedures developed by the\nauthorities budget office and made available on its website, when the\nauthorities budget office has reason to believe that one or more board\nmembers of a local authority has knowingly failed or neglected to submit\nany report required by section twenty-eight hundred of this chapter\nwithin thirty-six months of its due date, the authorities budget office\nshall provide at least thirty days' notice of its intent to initiate\nsuspension proceedings to the chairperson of the local authority, to the\nindividual or individuals responsible for appointing such board members,\nand to each such board member. If the authorities budget office has\nreason to believe that the chief executive officer of a local authority\nhas knowingly failed or neglected to submit any report required by\nsection twenty-eight hundred of this chapter within thirty-six months of\nits due date, the authorities budget office shall provide at least\nthirty days' notice of its intent to initiate suspension proceedings to\nthe chairperson of the local authority and to the chief executive\nofficer. Such notice shall include, but shall not be limited to (i) the\ndate and a brief description of the facts and nature of each\nnon-compliance for which such suspension is proposed; (ii) the number of\ndays that the authorities budget office proposes to suspend such board\nmember or chief executive officer; (iii) the option to submit a formal\nresponse to the authorities budget office which demonstrates why such\nboard member or chief executive officer should not be suspended; and\n(iv) if applicable, a period of time in which such local authority or\nboard member or chief executive officer may remedy the non-compliance.\n (b) If, after the expiration of the deadline set forth in the notice\nof intent pursuant to subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (a) of this\nsubdivision, the board member or members or chief executive officer,\nwhichever is applicable, has not responded to the notice or has not\nremedied the non-compliance to the satisfaction of the authorities\nbudget office, the authorities budget office shall issue to the\nnon-compliant board member or members or chief executive officer a\nnotice of suspension which shall include: (i) the number of days of\nsuspension; and (ii) the date that such suspension shall commence, which\ndate shall be at least one hundred eighty days from the date of the\nissuance of the notic
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