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House hearing on House Bill 2454 proposes legislative audit officer to staff JLAC, separate performance audits from constitutional financial audits
Summary
House Rules Committee held a public hearing Feb. 26 on HB 2454, which would create a legislative audit officer to staff the Joint Legislative Audit Committee and conduct performance audits of executive branch agencies.
House Rules Committee members opened a public hearing Feb. 26 on House Bill 2454, a bill that would create the office of a legislative audit officer to be selected by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee (JLAC) to investigate, review or conduct performance audits and evaluations of executive branch agencies, programs and functions.
Representative Ben Bowman, sponsor of the committee discussion, said the proposed officer would “investigate, review and conduct oversight of executive branch agencies, programs and functions to identify opportunities and areas of improvement” and would report to JLAC and appropriate policy committees. He and other sponsors emphasized the office would not replace constitutional…
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