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DOPL auditors flag high board cash balances; agency seeks pay increases for trades inspectors and requests more tools to manage fee reserves
Summary
Legislative auditors say the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses must reduce excess cash balances across boards; DOPL requested targeted pay increases for inspectors and described turnover and vehicle and hardware replacement needs.
The Joint Finance‑Appropriations Committee on Feb. 6 heard from the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses (DOPL) and legislative auditors about audit findings, fee‑reserve imbalances and staffing challenges. Auditors said one open, longstanding finding centers on high cash balances held by some licensing boards and the division’s multi‑year plan to correct those balances.
April Renfro, Legislative Auditor, summarized the audit: DOPL must ensure accuracy of financial reports to boards, consistently allocate indirect expenditures, and manage excessive cash balances for individual boards. “If they have cash balances 125% in excess of what they need for their annual expenditures that’s probably too much…
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