2003 Senate Bill 160 ↩

House Roll Call 23: Passed

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.