AB 728, as introduced, Hadley. State government: financial reporting.
(1) Existing law, the Financial Integrity and State Manager’s Accountability Act of 1983 (FISMA), provides that state agency heads are responsible for the establishment and maintenance of a system or systems of internal accounting and administrative control within their agencies, as specified. Existing law requires state agency heads covered by the FISMA to, biennially, conduct an internal review and prepare a report on the adequacy of the agency’s systems of internal accounting, administrative control, and monitoring practices. Copies of the reports are required to be submitted to the Legislature, the California State Auditor, the Controller, the Treasurer, the Attorney General, the Governor, the director, and to the State Library where the copies are required to be available for public inspection.
This bill would also require the report to be posted on the agency’s Internet Web site within 5 days of finalization.
(2) Existing law requires the internal auditor operations of any state agency that does not report to a governing body to meet certain requirements, including, among others, the requirement that the chief internal auditor report audit findings and recommendations made under his or her jurisdiction to the head or deputy head of the state agency and to the general counsel to the state agency, as specified. Existing law requires the internal auditor operations of any state agency that is overseen by a governing body to meet certain requirements, including, among others, the requirement that the chief internal auditor report audit findings and recommendations made under his or her jurisdiction to the audit committee and the general counsel to the governing body.
This bill would require a state agency to post any audit findings and recommendations on its Internet Web site within 5 days of a report of audit findings and recommendations to either the head or deputy head of the state agency and to the general counsel to the state agency, in the case of a state agency that does not report to a governing body, or to the audit committee and the general counsel to the governing body, in the case of a state agency that is overseen by a governing body.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 13405 of the Government Code is
2amended to read:
(a) To ensure that the requirements of this chapter are
4fully complied with, the head of each state agency that the director
5determines is covered by this section shall, on a biennial basis but
6no later than December 31 of each odd-numbered year, conduct
7an internal review and prepare a report on the adequacy of the
8agency’s systems of internal accounting, administrative control,
9and monitoring practices in accordance with the guide prepared
10by the director pursuant to subdivision (d).
11(b) The report, including the state agency’s response to review
12recommendations, shall be signed by the head of the agency and
13addressed to the agency secretary, or the director for agencies
14without a secretary. Copies of the reports shall bebegin insert
posted on the
15agency’s Internet Web site within five days of finalization, andend insert
16 submitted to the Legislature, thebegin insert Californiaend insert State Auditor, the
17Controller, the Treasurer, the Attorney General, the Governor, the
18director, and to the State Library where they shall be available for
19public inspection.
20(c) The report shall identify any material inadequacy or material
21weakness in an agency’s systems of internal accounting and
22administrative control that prevents the head of the agency from
23stating that the agency’s systems comply with this chapter. No
P3 1later than 30 days after the report is submitted, the agency shall
2provide to the director a plan and schedule for correcting the
3identified inadequacies and weaknesses, which shall be updated
4every six months until all corrections are completed.
5(d) The director, in consultation with the State Auditor and the
6Controller, shall establish, and may modify from time to time as
7necessary, a system of reporting and a general framework to guide
8state agencies in conducting internal reviews of their systems of
9internal accounting and administrative control.
10(e) The director, in consultation with the State Auditor and the
11Controller, shall establish, and may modify from time to time as
12necessary, a general framework of recommended practices to guide
13state agencies in conducting active, ongoing monitoring of
14processes for internal accounting and administrative control.
Section 13887.4 is added to the Government Code, to
16read:
A state agency shall post any audit findings and
18recommendations on its Internet Web site within five days of a
19report being made pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) or
20paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 13887.
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