BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB
728 (Hadley)
As Amended August 24, 2015
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |77-0 |(May 7, 2015) |SENATE: |40-0 |(September 1, |
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Original Committee Reference: A. & A.R.
SUMMARY: Requires state agencies to post their State Leadership
Accountability Act (SLAA) reports on their Web sites after
acceptance by the Department of Finance (DOF).
The Senate amendments:
1)Specify the reports must be posted within five business days
after acceptance by DOF.
2)Make technical non-substantive changes to incorporate the
chaptering of a budget trailer bill that affected the same
code section in this bill.
EXISTING LAW:
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1)Requires agency heads covered by SLAA to conduct reviews and
issue SLAA reports about internal controls and monitoring
processes.
2)Requires agencies to submit SLAA reports to various state
entities, including the State Library, where reports are
required to be available for public inspection.
FISCAL EFFECT: According to the Senate Appropriations
Committee, pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs.
COMMENTS: This bill requires state agencies to post SLAA
reports on their website. Senate amendments clarify that they
must be posted within five business days after acceptance by
DOF. The prior version of this bill required posting "within
five days of finalization" and did not specify if the days were
calendar or business days, or how finalization would be
determined.
SLAA reports, which are due by the end of each odd-number
calendar year, assess an agency's systems of internal controls
and monitoring practices.
State agencies are currently required to submit SLAA reports to
the Legislature, State Auditor, Controller, DOF, the Secretary
of Government Operations, and to the State Library where they
must be available for public inspection.
Senate amendments incorporate language in SB 84 (Budget and
Fiscal Review Committee), Chapter 25, Statutes of 2015, a budget
trailer bill, which change the name of the Financial Integrity
and State Manager's Accountability Act of 1983 (FISMA) to SLAA.
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Analysis Prepared by:
Scott Herbstman / A. & A.R. / (916) 319-3600 FN: 0001701