House of Representatives

HB 2202

clean elections commission; audit

Sponsors: Representative Biggs, Representative Gorman, Representative Murphy, Representative Quelland et al

 

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Committee on Judiciary

 

Caucus and COW

 

As Engrossed and As Passed the House

 

 

HB 2202 requires an audit for the Citizens Clean Elections Commission every 2 years. 

 

History

The Citizens Clean Elections Act (A.R.S. Title 16, Chapter 6, Article 2) was approved by the voters in 1998.  According to the Citizens Clean Elections Commission (CCEC), the Act provides funding for qualified candidates who want to run for a statewide or legislative office.  Funding comes from voluntary donations, 10% of surcharges on all civil and criminal fines and civil penalties from violators of Clean Elections. 

 

A.R.S. § 16-949 requires the Office of the Auditor General (OAG) to review the monies in, payments into, and expenditures from the Citizens Clean Election Fund every four years. 

 

The OAG is established in A.R.S. § 41-1279.03.  The OAG performs financial, compliance, performance, and special audits.  The OAG also does procedural reviews and special research requests. 

 

Provisions

·          Requires the OAG to perform an audit of the CCEC every 2 years. 

·          Provides that the OAG must submit a report on the 1st of November for each odd-numbered year to the:

-         Speaker of the House of Representatives

-         President of the Senate, and the

-         Governor

·          Begins the audit in 2007. 

 

 

 

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Forty-seventh Legislature             Analyst Initials _______

Second Regular Session                January 24, 2006

 

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