BILL NUMBER: SB 736 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 4, 2012
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 28, 2011
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 26, 2011
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 21, 2011
INTRODUCED BY Senator Cannella
FEBRUARY 18, 2011
An act to amend add Section
12440.1 of 2006.2 to the Government
Streets and Highways Code, relating to
the California State University county roads .
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 736, as amended, Cannella. California State
University: trustees. County road commissioner: Merced
County.
Existing law provides for the appointment of a road commissioner
in each county by the board of supervisors, with specified powers and
duties relating to county roads. Existing law provides for
exceptions to this requirement in cases in which the duties of the
road commissioner have been transferred by the board of supervisors
to the county director of transportation or another authorized
person. Existing law, in the case of Orange County, authorizes the
board of supervisors of that county to transfer the duties of the
county road commissioner to a county environmental management agency.
This bill would authorize the board of supervisors of Merced
County to transfer the duties of the county road commissioner to the
county's department of public works, as specified.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to
the necessity of a special statute for Merced County.
Existing law authorizes the Trustees of the California State
University to draw from funds appropriated to the university, for use
as a revolving fund, amounts necessary to make payments of
obligations of the university directly to vendors. Existing law
requires the Trustees of the California State University to contract
with one or more public accounting firms to conduct a systemwide and
individual campus annual financial statement audit.
This bill would instead require the Trustees of the California
State University to contract with one or more public accounting firms
to conduct a systemwide annual financial statement audit in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and subject
to specified criteria, as well as other required compliance audits.
This bill would delete the requirement that at least 10 individual
campus audits be conducted on a rotating basis, and each campus be
audited at least once every 2 years.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes
no . State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 2006.2 is added to the
Streets and Highways Code , to read:
2006.2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of
Supervisors of Merced County may abolish the office of road
commissioner if the board transfers all duties of the road
commissioner to the county's department of public works. The director
of that department shall not be required to have any special permit,
registration, or license. Any civil engineering functions that are
required to be performed by the road commissioner shall be performed
by a registered civil engineer acting under the authority of the
director of that department.
SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that a
special law is necessary and that a general law cannot be made
applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the
California Constitution because of the particular needs of Merced
County.
SECTION 1. Section 12440.1 of the Government
Code is amended to read:
12440.1. (a) The trustees, in conjunction with the Controller,
shall implement a process that allows any campus or other unit of the
university to make payments of obligations of the university from
its revolving fund directly to all of its vendors. Notwithstanding
Article 5 (commencing with Section 16400) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of
Division 4 of Title 2, or any other law, the trustees may draw from
funds appropriated to the university, for use as a revolving fund,
amounts necessary to make payments of obligations of the university
directly to vendors. In any fiscal year, the trustees shall obtain
the approval of the Director of Finance to draw amounts in excess of
10 percent of the total appropriation to the university for that
fiscal year for use as a revolving fund.
(b) Notwithstanding Sections 925.6, 12410, and 16403, or any other
law, the trustees shall maintain payment records for three years and
make those records available to the Controller for postaudit review,
as needed.
(c) (1) Notwithstanding Section 8546.4 or any other law, the
trustees shall contract with one or more public accounting firms to
conduct a systemwide annual financial statement audit in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), as well as
other required compliance audits without obtaining the approval of
any other state officer or entity.
(2) Each campus' statement of net assets; statement of revenues,
expenses, and changes in net assets; and statement of cashflows shall
be included as an addendum to the annual systemwide audit. The
statement of net assets shall include assets, liabilities, and net
assets. Summary information on transactions with auxiliary
organizations for each campus shall also be included in the addendum.
These statements shall be subjected to the auditing procedures
applied in the audit of the systemwide financial statements. Any
additional information necessary shall be publicly provided upon
request.
(d) The internal and independent financial statement audits of the
trustees shall test compliance with procurement procedures and the
integrity of the payments made. The results of these audits shall be
included in the biennial report required by Section 13405.
(e) As used in this section:
(1) "Trustees" means the Trustees of the California State
University.
(2) "University" means the California State University.