Introduced
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To clarify in statute the duties and powers of the state Auditor General. The Auditor General would be required to conduct audits and examinations of all state branches, departments, offices, boards, commissions, agencies, authorities, and institutions. The Auditor General would be granted unrestricted access to all personnel, records, and information necessary to complete an audits of any entities and individuals receiving state funds, including subpoenas to compel testimony or the production of records. Note: The auditor general has previously had this authority and duty, but House Bill 5665, passed in 2002, inadvertently stripped the authorizing language from statute.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the bill pass. The committee further recommends that the bill be given immediate effect.
Amendment offered
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To include in this statute penalties for attempting to influence or bribe the Auditor General and staff.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Government Operations
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Passed in the House 106 to 0 (details)
To clarify in statute the duties and powers of the state Auditor General. The Auditor General would be required to conduct audits and examinations of all state branches, departments, offices, boards, commissions, agencies, authorities, and institutions. The Auditor General would be granted unrestricted access to all personnel, records, and information necessary to complete an audits of any entities and individuals receiving state funds, including subpoenas to compel testimony or the production of records. Note: The auditor general has previously had this authority and duty, but House Bill 5665, passed in 2002, inadvertently stripped the authorizing language from statute. The House version is revised to make the language in the bill more closely track that in the Constitution establishing the position of Auditor General.
Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)
To concur with the House-passed version of the bill.
