An Act
ENROLLED HOUSE
BILL NO. 3134 By: Kendrix and McDugle of the
House
and
Bergstrom of the Senate
An Act relating to state government; amending 74 O.S.
2021, Section 212, which relates to audits of the
subdivisions of the state; expanding the definition
of audit; and providing an effective date .
SUBJECT: State government
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 74 O.S. 2021, Section 212, is
amended to read as fol lows:
Section 212. A. STATE TREASURER AND OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION
1. The State Treasurer shall prepa re annual financial
statements in accordance with the reporting requ irements set forth
by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB). The State
Treasurer shall prescribe and implement sound interna l control,
accounting and recordkeeping practices consistent with and to
facilitate compliance with all reporting requ irements as set forth
by law.
2. The annual financial statements of the State Treasu rer shall
be delivered by the State Treasurer to the State Auditor and
Inspector within ninety (90) cal endar days after the close of the
state fiscal year.
3. The State Auditor and Inspector shall perform an audit of
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state fiscal year. Such au dits shall be conducted in accordance
with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States and
the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government
Auditing Standards, latest r evised edition, issued by the
Comptroller General of the United States. The State Auditor and
Inspector shall complete the audits not later than ninety (90)
calendar days after the financial statements are delivered to the
State Auditor and Inspector. Th e annual audit reports and related
financial statements shall be delivered by the State Auditor and
Inspector to the Governor, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and
Speaker of the House of Representatives. The annual audit report
and related financial statements of the State Treasurer shall also
be delivered to the Attorney General and the members of th e Cash
Management and Investment Oversight Commission created by Sec tion
71.1 of Title 62 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The State Auditor and
Inspector shall conduct unannounced cash audits of the State
Treasury at least once each quarter.
4. The audit of the Tax Commission shall be an operational
audit performed annually. To the extent of the amount included in
the Tax Commission's appropriation, the Tax C ommission shall pay the
expenses of the audit includi ng personal services, equipment and
supplies, from the appropriation.
B. STATE AGENCIES
1. Except as otherwise provi ded by law, the State Auditor and
Inspector shall audit at least once every two (2) f iscal years the
books and accounts of all state agenc ies whose duty it is to
collect, disburse or manag e funds of the state. The State Auditor
and Inspector shall audit a state agency each fiscal year if that
state agency is required to be audited on an a nnual basis pursuant
to the federal Single Audit Act of 1984, as amended, 31 U.S.C.,
Section 7501 et seq. If the state agency is audited only once every
two (2) fiscal years, the audit shall cover both fiscal years.
2. Except as otherwise provided by law , the scope of audits
performed by the State Auditor and Inspector shall include all funds
collected, disbursed, or managed by a state agency including, but
not limited to, all special, revolving, depository, canteen, or
other nonstate funds.
3. As used in this section, "state agency" means every agency,
board, or commission included in the primary governm ent of the State
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of the State of Oklahoma includes all agencies, boards, and
commissions included in the primary government in the State of
Oklahoma Comprehensive Annual Financial Report. The agencies,
boards, and commissions included in the primary gove rnment of the
State of Oklahoma shall be determined using criteria set by the
Governmental Accounting Standards Board.
4. As used in this subsection, "audit" means any of the
following:
a. "financial audit", which means an audit of financial
statements in order to express an opinion on the
fairness with which they are presented in conform ity
with generally accepte d accounting principles or any
other comprehensive basis of accounting, as de fined by
the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants' Professional Standards, latest revised
edition. Financial audits must be conducted in
accordance with auditing st andards generally accepted
in the United States and the standards applicable to
financial audits contained in Government Auditing
Standards, latest revised edition, issued by the
Comptroller General of the United States,
b. "operational audit", which means an audit conducted in
accordance with applicable Government Auditing
Standards, the purpose of which is to evaluate
management's performance in administering assigned
responsibilities in accordance with applicable laws,
administrative rules, and other pol icies and
guidelines and to determine the extent to which the
internal control, as designed and placed in operation,
promotes and encourages the achievement of
management's control objectives in the categories of
compliance, reliability of financial record s and
reports, and safeguar ding of assets,
c. "performance audit", which means an audit of a
program, activity, or function of a state agency
conducted in accordance with applicable Government
Auditing Standards. The term include s, but is not
limited to, an audit to assess program, activity, or
function effectiveness, economy and efficiency,
internal control, or compliance,
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d. "special or investigative audit", which means an audit
with respect to a particular situation which may b e,
but is not required to be, conducted in accordance
with applicable Government Auditing Standards, and
e. any other type of engagement conducted in accordance
with Government Auditing Standards , and
f. engagements not conducted in accordance with
Government Auditing Standards, wh en engagements
involve state agencies that collect less than Three
Million Dollars ($3,000,000.00) annually .
C. GUBERNATORIAL REQUEST
Whenever called upon to do so by the Governor, it shall be the
duty of the State Auditor and Inspector to examine the boo ks and
accounts of any offi cer of the state or any of the officer 's
predecessors. The cost of the audit shall be borne by the entity to
be audited.
D. COUNTY TREASURER
The State Auditor and Inspector shall examine without no tice all
books and accounts of each county treasurer of t he state twice each
year.
E. DISTRICT ATTORNEYS
1. The State Auditor and Inspector shall annually audit the
books and accounts of the several offices of the district attorneys
of this state. The audits shall be reported in sep arate reports for
each entity. The audit may include, but shall not be limi ted to,
the audit of the financial records, performance measures, and
compliance with state or federal statutes and rules, and compliance
with any regulations of state or federal p rograms. The expense of
the audits shall be paid by the entity audited.
2. The State Auditor and Inspector shall examine and file a
report of the accounts established within the office of each
district attorney for bogus check programs, drug task force
programs, child support coll ection programs, and any other programs
receiving any nonstate funds. The reports shall be filed with the
President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of ENR. H. B. NO. 3134 Page 5
Representatives, and the Executive Coordinator of the Dis trict
Attorneys Council.
F. DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
The State Auditor and Inspector shall perform an annual audit,
as defined in paragraph 4 of subsection B of this section, of the
books and accounts of the Department of Corrections. The scope of
the audit shall be determined by the State Auditor and Inspector
using a risk-based approach. The audit may include, but shall not
be limited to, the audit of the financial records, performance
measures, and compliance with a ny state or federal statutes and
rules, and compliance with an y regulations of state or federal
programs. The expense of the audits shall be paid by the Department
of Corrections.
G. OKLAHOMA EMPLOYEES INSURANCE AND BENEFITS BOARD
The State Auditor and Inspector shall cause to be audited the
books and accounts of t he office of the Oklahoma Employees Insurance
and Benefits Board. The audit may include, but shall not be limited
to, the audit of the financial records, performance measures,
compliance with any state or federal statutes and ru les, and
compliance with any regulations of state programs. The audit shall
be contracted out to private audit firms. The cost of the audit
shall be borne by the Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits
Board.
H. DISTRICT ATTORNEY REQUEST
Whenever called upon to do so by any of the several district
attorneys of the state, it s hall be the duty of the State Auditor
and Inspector to examine the books and accounts of any officer of
any public entity. The cost of the a udit shall be borne by the
entity audited.
I. COUNTY OFFICERS BY REQUEST
Upon request of the county commissioners of any county or the
Governor, the State Auditor and Inspector shall examine the books
and accounts of all or any of the officers or custod ians of the
various funds of the county; and payment for such examin ation shall
be made by the county so examined.
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The State Auditor and Inspector shall have power to employ
auditors. No auditor shall examine the books or records of the
county of the auditor's residence in counties of under two hundred
thousand (200,000) population according to the most rec ent Federal
Decennial Census. The State Auditor and Inspector may employ on an
as-needed basis only, legal counsel to carry out the stat utory
duties of the Office of the State Aud itor and Inspector.
K. EXAMINATION OF LEVIES
It shall be the duty of the St ate Auditor and Inspector to
examine all levies to raise public revenue to see that they are made
according to law and constitutional p rovisions. The State Auditor
and Inspector shall have the power to orde r all excessive or
erroneous lines (levies) to be corrected by the proper officers, and
shall report any irregularities to the Governor, the Speaker of the
House of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the
Senate.
L. PETITION AUDITS
1. The State Auditor and Inspector shall audit the books a nd
records of any subdivision of the State of Oklahoma upon petition
signed by the requisite number of voters registered in the
subdivision and meeting th e requirements set out in this subsection.
2. The petition must contain the number of signatures
equivalent to ten percent (10%) of the registered voters of the
subdivision as determined by the county election board or, if the
county election board determ ines that the number of re gistered
voters in the subdivision cannot be determined due to boundary line s
not conforming to precinct lines, the required number of petitioners
shall be twenty-five percent (25%) of the total number of per sons
voting in the last general election. If th e subdivision is a public
trust, the required number of petitioners shall be the same as those
required for an audit of its beneficiary. The appropriate county
election board shall provide the number of sign atures so required
upon request.
3. The petition shall be in the form of a n affidavit wherein
the signatory shall declare u pon oath or affirmation that the
information given is true and correct and that he or she is a
citizen of the entity to be audited. The petition shall cl early
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include the signature of the indi vidual, the name of the signatory
in printed form, the individual 's residential address, the date of
signing, the public entity to be audited and the anti cipated range
of the cost of the audit provided by th e State Auditor and
Inspector.
4. Any person desiring to petition for an audit shall list the
areas, items or concerns they want to be audited, and request from
the State Auditor and Inspector the antic ipated range of cost of th e
audit. Within thirty (30 ) days from the receipt of the request, the
State Auditor and Inspector shall mail a petition form to the person
requesting the information which shall state the anticipated range
of the cost and the ite ms or concerns to be audit ed. The
circulators of the petition shall have thirty (30) days from the
date the petition is mailed by the State Auditor and Inspector to
obtain the requisite number of signatures and return it to the Sta te
Auditor and Inspector .
5. Upon collection of t he required number of signa tures, the
person desiring the audit shall presen t the signed petitions to the
State Auditor and Inspector. Within thirty (30) days of receipt of
the petitions, the State Audito r and Inspector shall pre sent the
petitions to the county election board locat ed in the county in
which the subdivision is loca ted.
6. The county election board shall determine whether the
signers of the petition are registered voters of the county in wh ich
the subdivision to be audited is located and whe ther the petition
has the requisite number of signatures of such registered voters.
The county election board shall certify the petition as having the
required number of signatures or as failing to have the required
number of signatures and return it to t he State Auditor and
Inspector.
7. The cost of the audit shall be borne by the public entity
audited. Upon notification by the State Auditor and Inspector of
receipt of the petition, certified by the c ounty election board as
having the required number of signatures, the public ent ity shall
encumber funds in an amount specified b y the State Auditor and
Inspector, which shall be within the range of anticipated cost
stated on the petition from any funds no t otherwise specifically
appropriated or allocated. Payment for the audit from such
encumbered funds shall be made as work progr esses, and final payment
shall be made on or before its publication.
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8. The names of the signers of any petition shall be
confidential and neither the St ate Auditor and Inspector, the county
election board nor the county treasurer may release them to any
other person or entity except upon an order from a court of
competent jurisdiction.
M. PENALTIES FOR NONPAYMENT
Except as otherwise provided by law, the cost of any services
provided by the State Auditor an d Inspector or as specified in an
audit contract shall be borne by the entity or fund audited and
shall be due and payable upon receipt of progress billing during the
course of an audit. Any such costs not paid within ninety (90 ) days
of the date of recei pt of billing shall incur a penalty of Ten
Dollars ($10.00) per day for each day from the date of receipt of
billing.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effe ctive November 1, 2022.
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Passed the House of Representatives the 7th day of March, 2022.
Presiding Officer of the House
of Representatives
Passed the Senate the 25th day of April, 2022.
Presiding Officer of the Senate
OFFICE OF THE GOVERN OR
Received by the Office of the Governor this ____________________
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________
Approved by the Governor of the State of Oklahoma this _____ ____
day of ___________________, 20_______, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
_________________________________
Governor of the State of Oklahoma
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
Received by the Office of the Secretary of State this __________
day of ___________________, 20__ _____, at _______ o'clock _______ M.
By: _________________________________