GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2017

S                                                                                                                                                    D

SENATE BILL DRS15082-LR-71C   (03/08)

 

 

 

Short Title:      State Auditor/Verifications & Access.

(Public)

Sponsors:

Senator Hise (Primary Sponsor).

Referred to:

 

 

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT relating to verification by the state auditor of statutory requirements such as conditions precedent, classifications, and similar eligibility or qualifying standards and providing the auditor access to information necessary for verification.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 147‑64.6 reads as rewritten:

"§ 147‑64.6.  Duties and responsibilities.

(b)        The duties of the Auditor are independently to examine into and make findings of fact on whether State agencies:

(6)        Are adhering to statutory requirements that include conditions precedent, classifications, and similar eligibility or qualifying standards to assure that statutory intent is carried out while such provisions are in effect.

(c)        The Auditor shall be responsible for the following acts and activities:

(22)      Verification audits for compliance with statutory requirements, with or without advance notice to the organization or State agency being audited, which may be initiated at the discretion of the Auditor or as requested by the Governor or General Assembly.

(e)        Access to Records. – The Auditor may examine the accounts and records of any organization or State agency relating to a verification audit for compliance with a statutory condition precedent, classification, or other similar eligibility or qualifying standard."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.