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Committee on Financial Institutions &
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Committee
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Caucus and COW |
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HB 2347 as amended repeals some of the Auditor
General’s statutory duties.
Arizona
Revised Statutes §41-1279.03 established the Office of the Auditor General to
be an independent source of impartial information concerning state and local
governmental entities and to provide specific recommendations to improve the
operations of those entities. To fulfill its statutory duties, the Office must:
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Ascertain
whether public entities are making wise use of their resources—public money,
personnel, property, equipment, and space.
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Determine
whether public entities are complying with applicable laws, regulations, and
governmental accounting and financial and reporting standards.
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Define
standards and establish procedures for accounting and budgeting, as the
Legislature requires.
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Provide
technical assistance to state and local governmental entities.
The
Joint Legislative Audit Committee, which oversees all audit functions of the
Arizona Legislature, provides direction for the Auditor General’s Office.
Subject to approval by a majority vote of both legislative houses, the
Committee also appoints the Auditor General for a five-year renewable term.
Provisions
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Changes
the period for the Auditor General to conduct a performance audit of a
transportation excise tax from every three years to every five years.
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Removes
the requirement that the Auditor General conduct
evaluations of the healthy families program, the family group decision making
program and the family literacy program.
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Removes
the requirement that the Auditor General submit a programmatic evaluation of
the health start program to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the
President of the Senate and the Governor every fifth year and instead requires
one evaluation to be submitted by December 31, 2002.
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Eliminates
the Auditor General’s ability to access the Department of Economic Security’s
information.
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Repeals
two sections of session law dealing with the Auditor General’s performance
audit of the Solar Energy Program and the requirements for ultrasound review
reports.
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Changes
the evaluation date of review of ultrasound results to December 31, 2005 from
December 31, 2002.
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45th Legislature
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Second Regular Session 2 May 29, 2002
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