Florida Senate - 2006                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 1632
                        Barcode 535752
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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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17  and insert:  
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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Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1632 Barcode 535752 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. 20 21 22 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 23 And the title is amended as follows: 24 Delete everything before the enacting clause 25 26 and insert: 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 2 12:53 PM 03/28/06 s1632d-go06-c4t
Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1632 Barcode 535752 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. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 12:53 PM 03/28/06 s1632d-go06-c4t