General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5944
January Session, 2017 *_____HB05944GAE___032817____*
General Assembly
Substitute Bill No. 5944
January Session, 2017
*_____HB05944GAE___032817____*
AN ACT REQUIRING PUBLIC HEARINGS ON REPORTS OF THE AUDITORS OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2017) (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, each joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of any state agency that is the subject of a report issued by the Auditors of Public Accounts pursuant to any provision of the general statutes shall hold a public hearing concerning such report not later than one hundred eighty days after such report is submitted to the General Assembly by the auditors.
(b) The chairpersons of any such committee may elect not to hold a public hearing on any auditor report that (1) contains no state agency violations of state statute or regulation, (2) contains only minor or technical recommendations, or (3) the chairpersons determine does not otherwise necessitate a public hearing.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2017 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
October 1, 2017
New section
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