BILL NUMBER: AB 728	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hadley

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2015

   An act to amend Section 13405 of, and to add Section 13887.4 to,
the Government Code, relating to state government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   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 1.  Section 13405 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   13405.  (a) To ensure that the requirements of this chapter are
fully complied with, the head of each state agency that the director
determines is covered by this section shall, on a biennial basis but
no later than December 31 of each odd-numbered year, conduct an
internal review and prepare a report on the adequacy of the agency's
systems of internal accounting, administrative control, and
monitoring practices in accordance with the guide prepared by the
director pursuant to subdivision (d).
   (b) The report, including the state agency's response to review
recommendations, shall be signed by the head of the agency and
addressed to the agency secretary, or the director for agencies
without a secretary. Copies of the reports shall be  posted on
the agency's Internet Web site within five days of finalization, and
 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 they shall be
available for public inspection.
   (c) The report shall identify any material inadequacy or material
weakness in an agency's systems of internal accounting and
administrative control that prevents the head of the agency from
stating that the agency's systems comply with this chapter. No later
than 30 days after the report is submitted, the agency shall provide
to the director a plan and schedule for correcting the identified
inadequacies and weaknesses, which shall be updated every six months
until all corrections are completed.
   (d) The director, in consultation with the State Auditor and the
Controller, shall establish, and may modify from time to time as
necessary, a system of reporting and a general framework to guide
state agencies in conducting internal reviews of their systems of
internal accounting and administrative control.
   (e) The director, in consultation with the State Auditor and the
Controller, shall establish, and may modify from time to time as
necessary, a general framework of recommended practices to guide
state agencies in conducting active, ongoing monitoring of processes
for internal accounting and administrative control.
  SEC. 2.  Section 13887.4 is added to the Government Code, to read:
   13887.4.  A state agency shall post any audit findings and
recommendations on its Internet Web site within five days of a report
being made pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) or paragraph
(2) of subdivision (b) of Section 13887.