Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1632
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11 The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Productivity
12 (Lawson) recommended the following amendment:
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
15 Delete everything after the enacting clause
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18 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (5) of section
19 20.055, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
20 20.055 Agency inspectors general.--
21 (5) In carrying out the auditing duties and
22 responsibilities of this act, each inspector general shall
23 review and evaluate internal controls necessary to ensure the
24 fiscal accountability of the state agency. The inspector
25 general shall conduct financial, compliance, electronic data
26 processing, and performance audits of the agency and prepare
27 audit reports of his or her findings. The scope and assignment
28 of the audits shall be determined by the inspector general;
29 however, the agency head may at any time direct the inspector
30 general to perform an audit of a special program, function, or
31 organizational unit. The performance of the audit shall be
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1 under the direction of the inspector general, except that if
2 the inspector general does not possess the qualifications
3 specified in subsection (4), the director of auditing shall
4 perform the functions listed in this subsection.
5 (d) At the conclusion of each audit, the inspector
6 general shall submit preliminary findings and recommendations
7 to the person responsible for supervision of the program
8 function or operational unit who shall respond to any adverse
9 findings within 20 working days after receipt of the tentative
10 findings. In addition, if the preliminary findings or
11 recommendations address issues concerning work being done by a
12 vendor or provider under a contract with the agency, the
13 inspector general shall submit those preliminary findings and
14 recommendations to the vendor or provider, who may respond to
15 any adverse findings within 20 working days after receipt of
16 the tentative findings. Such responses response and the
17 inspector general's rebuttal to the responses response shall
18 be included in the final audit report.
19 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.
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23 And the title is amended as follows:
24 Delete everything before the enacting clause
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27 A bill to be entitled
28 An act relating to agency inspectors general;
29 providing for a vendor or provider to respond
30 to certain preliminary findings or
31 recommendations of inspectors general and for
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1 inspectors general to rebut any such response;
2 requiring inspectors general to include any
3 such response or rebuttal in the final audit
4 report; providing an effective date.
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