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                                                                  AB 1102
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          Date of Hearing:   May 11, 2011

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

                    AB 1102 (Lara) - As Amended:  April 27, 2011 

          Policy Committee:                              Business and 
          Professions  Vote:                            6 - 3 

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program: 
          No     Reimbursable:              

           SUMMARY  

          This bill is the biennial cleanup bill for the State Auditor and 
          Bureau of State Audits (BSA). 
          Specifically, this bill: 

          1)Clarifies which activities of the auditor require a budget 
            appropriation and which fall under their existing continuous 
            appropriation.

          2)Authorizes BSA to keep information obtained through surveys of 
            public employees confidential. 

          3)Clarifies the definition of "high risk agencies" to include 
            any agency that is responsible for all or a portion of a 
            statewide issue identified as high risk. 

          4)Expands the State Auditor's audit authority by including the 
            judiciary and the California State University (CSU) in the 
            definition of "state agency." 

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          There are no significant costs associated with this legislation. 


           COMMENTS  

           Purpose  . Every legislative session, the chair of the Joint 
          Legislative Audit Committee (JLAC) authors a bill designed to 
          clarify and clean up statutes pertaining to BSA. This is the 
          cleanup legislation for the 2011-12 session. 








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          Analysis Prepared by  :    Julie Salley-Gray / APPR. / (916) 
          319-2081