BILL NUMBER: SCA 1	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Wyland

                        DECEMBER 6, 2010

   A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California
an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by adding Section 10
to Article III thereof, relating to state audits.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCA 1, as introduced, Wyland. State Auditor: duties.
   Existing statutory law establishes the Bureau of State Audits,
which is headed by the State Auditor and has specified statutory
duties, including the performance of statutorily mandated audits.
Existing law states that the Bureau of State Audits, in order to be
free of organizational impairments to independence, shall be
independent of the executive branch and legislative control.
   This measure would require the State Auditor to biennially conduct
a performance evaluation of each state program, including the
administration or oversight of that program by the department or
agency that is responsible for the program, and submit a report of
the results of that performance evaluation to the Legislature, as
prescribed. This measure would require the committee that considers
the budget in each house of the Legislature to meet and consider
recommendations made in each performance evaluation within 90 days of
submission by the State Auditor. This measure would require the
State Auditor to make each performance evaluation available to the
public on an Internet Web site and in hardcopy format and require the
Legislature to appropriate to the Bureau of State Audits funds as
necessary to implement these provisions.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.



   Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the
Legislature of the State of California at its 2011-12 Regular Session
commencing on the sixth day of December 2010, two-thirds of the
membership of each house concurring, hereby proposes to the people of
the State of California, that the Constitution of the State be
amended as follows:
    That Section 10 is added to Article III thereof, to read:
      SEC. 10.  (a) Not later than January 1, 2013, and no less
frequently than every two years thereafter, the State Auditor, or his
or her successor, shall conduct a performance evaluation of each
state government program, including the administration or oversight
of that program by each department or agency that is responsible for
the program, and shall submit to the Legislature a report of the
results of that performance evaluation.
   (b) Within 90 calendar days after the date that the State Auditor,
or his or her successor, submits a report of the results of a
performance evaluation to the Legislature pursuant to subdivision
(a), the committee that considers the budget in each house of the
Legislature shall meet and consider the recommendations made in the
performance evaluation pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (c).
   (c) Each performance evaluation of a program conducted under this
section shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following:
   (1) A statement of the purposes of the program, including the
intent of the Legislature pursuant to any measure enacted to
establish or modify the program.
   (2) A discussion of the history of the program.
   (3) A description of all sources of funding for the program, and
an evaluation of the cost-effectiveness of the program.
   (4) An evaluation of the success of the program, including an
explanation of the methodology used to evaluate that success.
   (5) Recommendations as to how the program may be made more
efficient and effective, or as to whether the program should be
eliminated.
   (6) Any related information or evaluation the State Auditor deems
appropriate.
   (d) The State Auditor shall make each performance evaluation
prepared pursuant to this section available to the public on an
Internet Web site and in a hardcopy format.
   (e) The Legislature shall appropriate to the Bureau of State
Audits, or any successor entity, funds as necessary to implement this
section.