1 | | - | Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota |
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2 | | - | In Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025 |
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3 | | - | SENATE BILL NO. 2251 |
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4 | | - | (Senators Cleary, Weston, Castaneda, Paulson) |
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5 | | - | (Representatives M. Ruby, Rohr) |
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6 | | - | AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54-10-01, subsection 5 of section 54-10-14, and sections |
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7 | | - | 54-10-22 and 54-10-27 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to audits conducted by the |
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8 | | - | state auditor and charges for audits. |
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| 3 | + | Adopted by the House Government and |
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| 4 | + | Veterans Affairs Committee |
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| 5 | + | Sixty-ninth |
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| 6 | + | March 20, 2025 |
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| 7 | + | Legislative Assembly |
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| 8 | + | of North Dakota |
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| 9 | + | Introduced by |
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| 10 | + | Senators Cleary, Weston, Castaneda, Paulson |
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| 11 | + | Representatives M. Ruby, Rohr |
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| 12 | + | A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 54-10-01, subsection 5 of section 54-10-14, and |
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| 13 | + | sectionsections 54-10-22 and 54-10-27 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to audits |
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| 14 | + | conducted by the state auditor and charges for audits. |
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15 | | - | postaudit of all financial transactions of state government, detecting and reporting any |
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16 | | - | defaults, and determining that expenditures have been made in accordance with law and |
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17 | | - | appropriation acts. |
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18 | | - | b.Perform or provide for the audit of the general purpose financial statements and a review |
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19 | | - | of the material included in the comprehensive annual financial report of the state in |
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20 | | - | accordance with government auditing standards. |
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21 | | - | c.Except for the audit of the department of financial institutions as outlined in section |
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22 | | - | 54-10-31, perform or provide for audits of state agencies in accordance with government |
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23 | | - | auditing standards and legislative audit and fiscal review committee guidelines developed |
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24 | | - | under section 54-35-02.10. Except for the annual audit of the North Dakota lottery |
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25 | | - | required by section 53-12.1-03, the state auditor shall audit each state agency once |
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26 | | - | every two to four years. Audits may be conducted at more frequent intervals if requested |
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27 | | - | by the governor or the legislative audit and fiscal review committee. The state auditor |
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28 | | - | shall charge an amount equal to the cost of the audit and other services rendered by the |
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29 | | - | state auditor to all agencies that receive and expend moneys from other than the general |
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30 | | - | fund. This charge may be reduced for an agency that receives and expends both general |
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31 | | - | fund and nongeneral fund moneys. The charge for an audit of an agricultural commodity |
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32 | | - | group listed in section 4.1-44-04 must be six thousand dollars for an annual financial |
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33 | | - | statement audit or four thousand dollars for a two-year single-page financial statement |
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34 | | - | audit performed during the biennium ending June 30, 2025, and may be increased by |
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35 | | - | five percent on July first of each odd-numbered year thereafter. State agencies shall use |
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36 | | - | nongeneral fund moneys to pay for the cost of the audit. If nongeneral fund moneys are |
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37 | | - | not available, the agency may, upon approval of the legislative assembly, or the budget |
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38 | | - | section if the legislative assembly is not in session, use general fund moneys to pay for |
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39 | | - | the audit. Any budget section action under this subdivision must comply with section |
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40 | | - | 54-35-02.9. |
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41 | | - | d.Except for the audit of the department of financial institutions as outlined in section |
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42 | | - | 54-10-31, perform or provide for performance audits of state agencies, or the agencies' |
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43 | | - | blended component units or discreetly presented component units, as determined |
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44 | | - | necessary by the legislative assembly, or the legislative audit and fiscal review committee |
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45 | | - | if the legislative assembly is not in session. When determining the necessity of a |
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46 | | - | performance audit, the legislative audit and fiscal review committee shall consider: S. B. NO. 2251 - PAGE 2 |
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47 | | - | (1)The potential cost-savings or efficiencies that may be gained as a result of the |
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48 | | - | performance audit; |
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49 | | - | (2)The staff resources of the state auditor's office and of the state agency being |
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50 | | - | audited which will be required to conduct the audit; |
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51 | | - | (3)The potential for discovery of noncompliance with state law or legislative intent |
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52 | | - | regarding the program or agency; and |
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| 22 | + | postaudit of all financial transactions of state government, detecting and reporting |
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| 23 | + | any defaults, and determining that expenditures have been made in accordance |
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| 24 | + | with law and appropriation acts. |
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| 25 | + | b.Perform or provide for the audit of the general purpose financial statements and a |
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| 26 | + | review of the material included in the comprehensive annual financial report of |
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| 27 | + | the state in accordance with government auditing standards. |
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| 28 | + | c.Except for the audit of the department of financial institutions as outlined in |
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| 29 | + | section 54-10-31, perform or provide for audits of state agencies in accordance |
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| 30 | + | with government auditing standards and legislative audit and fiscal review |
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| 31 | + | committee guidelines developed under section 54-35-02.10. Except for the |
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| 33 | + | ENGROSSED SENATE BILL NO. 2251 |
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| 57 | + | annual audit of the North Dakota lottery required by section 53-12.1-03, the state |
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| 58 | + | auditor shall audit each state agency once every two to four years. Audits may be |
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| 59 | + | conducted at more frequent intervals if requested by the governor or the |
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| 60 | + | legislative audit and fiscal review committee. The state auditor shall charge an |
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| 61 | + | amount equal to the cost of the audit and other services rendered by the state |
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| 62 | + | auditor to all agencies that receive and expend moneys from other than the |
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| 63 | + | general fund. This charge may be reduced for an agency that receives and |
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| 64 | + | expends both general fund and nongeneral fund moneys. The charge for an audit |
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| 65 | + | of an agricultural commodity group listed in section 4.1-44-04 must be six |
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| 66 | + | thousand dollars for an annual financial statement audit or four thousand dollars |
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| 67 | + | for a two-year single-page financial statement audit performed during the |
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| 68 | + | biennium ending June 30, 2025, and may be increased by five percent on July |
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| 69 | + | first of each odd-numbered year thereafter. State agencies shall use nongeneral |
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| 70 | + | fund moneys to pay for the cost of the audit. If nongeneral fund moneys are not |
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| 71 | + | available, the agency may, upon approval of the legislative assembly, or the |
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| 72 | + | budget section if the legislative assembly is not in session, use general fund |
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| 73 | + | moneys to pay for the audit. Any budget section action under this subdivision |
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| 74 | + | must comply with section 54-35-02.9. |
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| 75 | + | d.Except for the audit of the department of financial institutions as outlined in |
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| 76 | + | section 54-10-31, perform or provide for performance audits of state agencies, or |
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| 77 | + | the agencies' blended component units or discreetly presented component units, |
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| 78 | + | as determined necessary by the legislative assembly, or the legislative audit and |
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| 79 | + | fiscal review committee if the legislative assembly is not in session. When |
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| 80 | + | determining the necessity of a performance audit, the legislative audit and fiscal |
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| 81 | + | review committee shall consider: |
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| 82 | + | (1)The potential cost-savings or efficiencies that may be gained as a result of |
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| 83 | + | the performance audit; |
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| 84 | + | (2)The staff resources of the state auditor's office and of the state agency |
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| 85 | + | being audited which will be required to conduct the audit; |
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| 86 | + | (3)The potential for discovery of noncompliance with state law or legislative |
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| 87 | + | intent regarding the program or agency; and |
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80 | | - | a.Conduct any work required by the federal government and charge an amount equal to |
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81 | | - | the cost of the audit to be paid by the audited federal funds of the appropriate |
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82 | | - | government agency and deposited into the general fund. |
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83 | | - | b.Within the resources available to the state auditor, perform or provide for performance |
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84 | | - | audits of state agencies as determined necessary by the state auditor. S. B. NO. 2251 - PAGE 3 |
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85 | | - | c.Audit the International Peace Garden at the request of the board of directors of the |
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86 | | - | International Peace Garden. |
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87 | | - | d.Contract with a private certified public accountant or other qualified professional to |
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88 | | - | conduct or assist with an audit, review, or other work the state auditor is authorized to |
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89 | | - | perform or provide for under this section. Before entering any contract, the state auditor |
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90 | | - | shall present information to the legislative audit and fiscal review committee on the need |
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91 | | - | for the contract and its estimated cost and duration. Except for performance audits |
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92 | | - | conducted under subdivision d of subsection 1 or subdivision b of this subsection and |
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93 | | - | except for audits of occupational or professional boards, the state auditor shall execute |
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94 | | - | the contract and any executive branch agency, including higher education institutions, |
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95 | | - | shall pay the fees of the contractor. For performance audits conducted under |
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96 | | - | subdivision d of subsection 1 or subdivision b of this subsection, the state auditor may |
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97 | | - | charge a state agency for the cost of a contract relating to an audit, subject to approval |
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98 | | - | by the legislative assembly or the legislative audit and fiscal review committee if the |
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99 | | - | legislative assembly is not in session. When considering a request, the legislative audit |
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100 | | - | and fiscal review committee shall consider the effect of the audit cost on the agency |
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101 | | - | being audited, the necessity of the contract, and the potential benefit to the state |
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102 | | - | resulting from the contract. The state auditor shall notify the affected agency of the |
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103 | | - | potential cost before requesting approval from the legislative assembly or the legislative |
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104 | | - | audit and fiscal review committee. |
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105 | | - | 3.Notwithstanding subdivision c of subsection 1 and subdivision d of subsection 2, the state |
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106 | | - | auditor may not charge audit fees to an institution of higher education, agency, or office under |
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107 | | - | the control of the state board of higher education, including passthrough grants, except for a |
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108 | | - | proportional share of audit fees on federal programs or grants to the extent those audited |
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109 | | - | federal programs or grants provide for allowable cost recovery. Institutions without an |
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110 | | - | approved indirect cost recovery fund may not be assessed audit fees on closed federal |
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111 | | - | programs. |
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112 | | - | SECTION 2. AMENDMENT. Subsection 5 of section 54-10-14 of the North Dakota Century Code is |
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| 182 | + | equal to the cost of the audit to be paid by the audited federal funds of the |
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| 183 | + | appropriate government agency and deposited into the general fund . |
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| 184 | + | b.Within the resources available to the state auditor, perform or provide for |
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| 185 | + | performance audits of state agencies as determined necessary by the state |
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| 187 | + | c.Audit the International Peace Garden at the request of the board of directors of |
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| 189 | + | d.Contract with a private certified public accountant or other qualified professional |
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| 190 | + | to conduct or assist with an audit, review, or other work the state auditor is |
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| 191 | + | authorized to perform or provide for under this section. Before entering any |
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| 192 | + | contract, the state auditor shall present information to the legislative audit and |
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| 194 | + | duration. Except for performance audits conducted under subdivision d of |
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| 195 | + | subsection 1 or subdivision b of this subsection and except for audits of |
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| 196 | + | occupational or professional boards, the state auditor shall execute the contract |
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| 197 | + | and any executive branch agency, including higher education institutions, shall |
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| 198 | + | pay the fees of the contractor. For performance audits conducted under |
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| 199 | + | subdivision d of subsection 1 or subdivision b of this subsection, the state auditor |
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| 200 | + | may charge a state agency for the cost of a contract relating to an audit, subject |
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| 202 | + | committee if the legislative assembly is not in session. When considering a |
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| 203 | + | request, the legislative audit and fiscal review committee shall consider the effect |
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| 204 | + | of the audit cost on the agency being audited, the necessity of the contract, and |
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| 205 | + | the potential benefit to the state resulting from the contract. The state auditor |
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| 206 | + | shall notify the affected agency of the potential cost before requesting approval |
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| 207 | + | from the legislative assembly or the legislative audit and fiscal review committee. |
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| 208 | + | 3.Notwithstanding subdivision c of subsection 1 and subdivision d of subsection 2, the |
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| 209 | + | state auditor may not charge audit fees to an institution of higher education, agency, or |
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| 210 | + | office under the control of the state board of higher education, including passthrough |
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| 211 | + | grants, except for a proportional share of audit fees on federal programs or grants to |
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| 245 | + | the extent those audited federal programs or grants provide for allowable cost |
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| 246 | + | recovery. Institutions without an approved indirect cost recovery fund may not be |
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| 247 | + | assessed audit fees on closed federal programs. |
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| 248 | + | SECTION 2. AMENDMENT. Subsection 5 of section 54-10-14 of the North Dakota Century |
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| 250 | + | 5.A political subdivision may not pay a public accountant for an audit until the state |
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| 251 | + | auditor has accepted the audit. However, a political subdivision may make progress |
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| 252 | + | payments to the public accountant. A political subdivision shall retain twentyfive |
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| 253 | + | percent of any progress payment until the audit report is accepted by the state auditor. |
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| 254 | + | SECTION 3. AMENDMENT. Section 54-10-22 of the North Dakota Century Code is |
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114 | | - | 5.A political subdivision may not pay a public accountant for an audit until the state auditor has |
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115 | | - | accepted the audit. However, a political subdivision may make progress payments to the |
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116 | | - | public accountant. A political subdivision shall retain twentyfive percent of any progress |
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117 | | - | payment until the audit report is accepted by the state auditor. |
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118 | | - | SECTION 3. AMENDMENT. Section 54-10-22 of the North Dakota Century Code is amended and |
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119 | | - | reenacted as follows: |
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120 | | - | 54-10-22. Public officers to aid state auditor - Auditor's authority on investigation - Referral |
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121 | | - | of open records request. |
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122 | | - | 1.The officers and employees of all departments, institutions, boards, commissions, and political |
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123 | | - | subdivisions, subject to examination by the state auditor, shall afford all reasonable facilities |
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124 | | - | for the investigation provided for in this title and shall make returns and exhibits to the auditor |
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125 | | - | under oath in sucha form and in such manner as the auditor may prescribe. |
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126 | | - | 2.The auditor shall have full power and authority to audit any books, papers, accounts, bills, |
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127 | | - | vouchers, and other documents or property of any and all departments, boards, commissions, |
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128 | | - | political subdivisions, and financial institutions subject to the auditor's audit. The auditor shall |
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129 | | - | have authority to audit under oath any or all trustees, managers, officers, employees, or |
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130 | | - | agents of any such departments, boards, commissions, or political subdivisions. When |
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131 | | - | necessary, the auditor shall employ stenographers or clerical help, the expense incurred to be |
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132 | | - | collected by the auditor from the respective department, institution, board, commission, or |
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133 | | - | political subdivision. S. B. NO. 2251 - PAGE 4 |
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134 | | - | 3.If the auditor receives a request for access to or inspection of information submitted to the |
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135 | | - | auditor by a department, institution, board, commission, or political subdivision, the auditor |
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136 | | - | shall refer the request to the submitting department, institution, board, commission, or political |
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137 | | - | subdivision for response. The referral of a request under this subsection satisfies the |
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138 | | - | responsibility of the auditor to respond to a request for public records under chapter 44-04. |
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139 | | - | SECTION 4. AMENDMENT. Section 54-10-27 of the North Dakota Century Code is amended and |
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140 | | - | reenacted as follows: |
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| 256 | + | 54-10-22. Public officers to aid state auditor - Auditor's authority on investigation - |
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| 257 | + | Referral of open records request. |
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| 258 | + | 1. The officers and employees of all departments, institutions, boards, commissions, and |
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| 259 | + | political subdivisions, subject to examination by the state auditor, shall afford all |
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| 260 | + | reasonable facilities for the investigation provided for in this title and shall make |
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| 261 | + | returns and exhibits to the auditor under oath in sucha form and in such manner as the |
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| 262 | + | auditor may prescribe. |
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| 263 | + | 2. The auditor shall have full power and authority to audit any books, papers, accounts, |
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| 264 | + | bills, vouchers, and other documents or property of any and all departments, boards, |
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| 265 | + | commissions, political subdivisions, and financial institutions subject to the auditor's |
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| 266 | + | audit. The auditor shall have authority to audit under oath any or all trustees, |
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| 268 | + | commissions, or political subdivisions. When necessary, the auditor shall employ |
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| 270 | + | from the respective department, institution, board, commission, or political subdivision. |
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| 271 | + | 3. If the auditor receives a request for access to or inspection of information submitted to |
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| 272 | + | the auditor by a department, institution, board, commission, or political subdivision, the |
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| 273 | + | auditor shall refer the request to the submitting department, institution, board, |
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| 274 | + | commission, or political subdivision for response. The referral of a request under this |
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| 307 | + | subsection satisfies the responsibility of the auditor to respond to a request for public |
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| 308 | + | records under chapter 44-04. |
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142 | | - | The governing board of any occupational or professional board shall provide for an audit once |
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143 | | - | every two years by a certified public accountant or licensed public accountant. The accountant |
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144 | | - | conducting the audit shall submit the audit report to the state auditor's office. If the report is in the form |
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145 | | - | and style prescribed by the state auditor, the state auditor may not audit that board. An occupational or |
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146 | | - | professional board may request the state auditor to conduct its audit, and if the state auditor agrees to |
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147 | | - | conduct the audit, the state auditor shall deposit the fees charged to the occupational or professional |
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148 | | - | board into the state auditor operating account. Instead of providing for an audit every two years, an |
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149 | | - | occupational or professional board that has less than two hundred thousandtwo million dollars of annual |
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150 | | - | receipts may submit an annual report to the state auditor. The report must contain the information |
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151 | | - | required by the state auditor. The state auditor also may make any additional examination or audit |
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152 | | - | determined necessary in addition to the annual report. When a report is not filed, the state auditor may |
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153 | | - | charge the occupational or professional board an amount equal to the fair value of the additional |
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154 | | - | examination or audit and any other services rendered. The state auditor may charge an occupational or |
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155 | | - | professional board a fee not to exceed ninety dollars an hour for the costs of reviewing the annual |
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157 | | - | ____________________________ ____________________________ |
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158 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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159 | | - | ____________________________ ____________________________ |
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160 | | - | Secretary of the Senate Chief Clerk of the House |
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161 | | - | This certifies that the within bill originated in the Senate of the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North |
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162 | | - | Dakota and is known on the records of that body as Senate Bill No. 2251. |
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163 | | - | Senate Vote:Yeas 46 Nays 0 Absent 1 |
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164 | | - | House Vote: Yeas 90 Nays 0 Absent 4 |
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165 | | - | ____________________________ |
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166 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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167 | | - | Received by the Governor at ________M. on _____________________________________, 2025. |
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168 | | - | Approved at ________M. on __________________________________________________, 2025. |
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169 | | - | ____________________________ |
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170 | | - | Governor |
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171 | | - | Filed in this office this ___________day of _______________________________________, 2025, |
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172 | | - | at ________ o’clock ________M. |
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173 | | - | ____________________________ |
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174 | | - | Secretary of State |
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| 312 | + | The governing board of any occupational or professional board shall provide for an audit |
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| 313 | + | once every two years by a certified public accountant or licensed public accountant. The |
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| 314 | + | accountant conducting the audit shall submit the audit report to the state auditor's office. If the |
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| 315 | + | report is in the form and style prescribed by the state auditor, the state auditor may not audit |
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| 316 | + | that board. An occupational or professional board may request the state auditor to conduct its |
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| 317 | + | audit, and if the state auditor agrees to conduct the audit, the state auditor shall deposit the fees |
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| 318 | + | charged to the occupational or professional board into the state auditor operating account. |
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| 319 | + | Instead of providing for an audit every two years, an occupational or professional board that has |
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| 320 | + | less than two hundred thousandtwo million dollars of annual receipts may submit an annual |
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| 321 | + | report to the state auditor. The report must contain the information required by the state auditor. |
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| 322 | + | The state auditor also may make any additional examination or audit determined necessary in |
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| 323 | + | addition to the annual report. When a report is not filed, the state auditor may charge the |
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| 324 | + | occupational or professional board an amount equal to the fair value of the additional |
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| 325 | + | examination or audit and any other services rendered. The state auditor may charge an |
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| 326 | + | occupational or professional board a fee not to exceed ninety dollars an hour for the costs of |
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| 327 | + | reviewing the annual report. |
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