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Senate AET panel advances bill expanding auditor audits and requiring notice for large consent decrees
Summary
The Senate Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency Committee reported Senate Bill 2847 after adopting amendments that increase required audits by the state auditor, clarify prosecution authority for unpaid demands, and require prior notice to the governor and legislature for certain consent decrees affecting elections or exceeding $5 million.
The Senate Accountability, Efficiency, Transparency Committee moved Senate Bill 2847 forward after senators adopted several amendments clarifying and expanding the state auditor's oversight and adding a notice requirement for certain consent decrees.
Sponsor (Senator, sponsor) told the committee the bill “increases the number of required audits by the state auditor and clears up ambiguity in the statute” and that the measure "does not decrease audits or investigations." The sponsor said the bill grew from concerns first noted September 12 and from consultations with the secretary of state and the attorney general.
The bill, as amended in committee, requires a pre-audit and post-audit when a for-profit or nonprofit receives $10,000,000 or more in public funds and directs that, when the auditor relies…
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