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5353 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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5555 1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021)
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5757 SENATE BILL 275 By: Thompson
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6363 AS INTRODUCED
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6565 An Act relating to cities and towns; amending 11 O.S.
6666 2011, Sections 17-105, as last amended by Section 1,
6767 Chapter 82, O.S.L. 2017 and 17-107 (11 O.S. Supp.
6868 2020, Section 17-105), which relate to municipal
6969 finances; modifying minimum municipal income for
7070 which certain audits shall be required; makin g
7171 certain audits biennial; replacing cer tain auditing
7272 procedures with procedures prescribed by the State
7373 Auditor and Inspector; modifying time certain audit
7474 report is due; modifying municipal income
7575 requirements; redirecting certain funds; creating the
7676 Special Investigative Unit Aud iting Revolving Fund;
7777 providing for revenue and expenditures; repealing 11
7878 O.S. 2011, Section 17-108, which relates to municipal
7979 trusts; and providing for cod ification.
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8585 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOM A:
8686 SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 11 O.S. 2011, Section 17 -105, as
8787 last amended by Section 1, Chapter 82, O.S.L. 2017 (11 O.S. Supp.
8888 2020, Section 17-105), is amended to read as follows:
8989 Section 17-105. A. The governing body of each municipality
9090 with an income of Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) Fifty
9191 Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) or more to its general fund in revenue
9292 to all funds including component units of which the municipality is
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144144 a beneficiary, during a fiscal year shall cause to be prepared, by
145145 an independent licensed public accountant or a certified public
146146 accountant, an annual financial statement audit to be conducted in
147147 accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United
148148 States of America and “Government Auditing S tandards” as issued by
149149 the Comptroller General of the United States. Such au dit shall be
150150 ordered within thirty (30) days of the cl ose of each fiscal year.
151151 Copies shall be filed with the State Auditor and Inspector within
152152 six (6) months after the close of the fiscal year in accor dance with
153153 the provisions of Sections 3022 and 3023 paragraph 2 of subsection A
154154 of Section 212A of Title 68 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes and with the
155155 governing body of the municipality.
156156 B. The governing body of each municipality with an income of
157157 Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($ 25,000.00) Fifty Thousand Dollars
158158 ($50,000.00) or more to its general fund during a fiscal year in
159159 total revenue to all funds including component unit s of which the
160160 municipality is a beneficiary, and with a population of less than
161161 two thousand five hundred (2,500) as of the most recent Federal
162162 Decennial Census, and for whom an annual fin ancial statement audit
163163 is not required by another law , regulation or contract, shall cause
164164 to be prepared, by an independent licensed public accountan t or a
165165 certified public accountant, an annual a biennial financial
166166 statement audit in accordance with audi ting standards generally
167167 accepted in the United States and Gover nment Auditing Standards as
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219219 issued by the Comptroller General of the United States , or an. Each
220220 biennial audit shall cover the two (2) pre ceding years. The
221221 governing body of each m unicipality may alternatively request
222222 biennial agreed-upon-procedures engagement over certain financial
223223 information and compliance requirements to be performed in
224224 accordance with the applicable attestation standar ds of The American
225225 Institute of Certified Public Acco untants. The specific procedures
226226 to be performed are as follows for the fiscal year:
227227 1. Prepare a schedule of changes in fund balances for each fund
228228 and determine compliance with the statutory prohibit ion of creating
229229 fund balance deficits;
230230 2. Prepare a budget and actual financial schedule for the
231231 General Fund and any other significant funds listing separately each
232232 federal fund and determine complianc e with the legal level of
233233 appropriations by comparing expenditures and encumbrances to
234234 authorized appropriations;
235235 3. Agree material bank account balances to bank statements, and
236236 trace significant reconciling items to subsequent clearance;
237237 4. Compare uninsured deposits to fair value of pledged
238238 collateral;
239239 5. Compare use of material -restricted revenues and re sources to
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241241 6. Determine compliance with requirements for separate funds;
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294294 7. Determine compliance with reserve account and de bt service
295295 coverage requirements of bond indentures.
296296 Such prescribed by the State Auditor and Inspector. Each
297297 biennial agreed-upon-procedures engagement shall cover the two (2)
298298 preceding years. The audit or agreed-upon-procedures engagement
299299 shall be ordered within thirty (30) days of the close of each fisc al
300300 year that the audit is due. Copies shall be filed with the State
301301 Auditor and Inspector within six (6) nine (9) months after the close
302302 of the fiscal year in accordance wi th the provisions of Sections
303303 3022 and 3023 paragraph 2 of subsection A of Section 212A of Title
304304 68 74 of the Oklahoma Statutes and with the governing body of the
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306306 C. The municipal income requirements in subsections A and B of
307307 this section shall not include any grant moni es provided to a
308308 municipality from any federal, state , or other governmental entity.
309309 The municipal income requirements shall also not include income of
310310 any public trust established under Sections 176 through 180.4 of
311311 Title 60 of the Oklahoma Statutes with a municipality as the
312312 beneficiary of the trust; provided, that income from trusts
313313 established principally for the purpose of operating electric,
314314 water, wastewater and sanitation utilities shall be included for
315315 purposes of the municipal income requirements.
316316 SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 11 O.S. 2011, Section 17 -107, is
317317 amended to read as follows:
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369369 Section 17-107. If a municipality does not file a copy of its
370370 audit or agreed-upon-procedures report as provided in Section 17 -105
371371 of this title, the State Auditor and Inspector shall notify the
372372 Oklahoma Tax Commission which shall withhold from the municipality
373373 its monthly allocations of gasoline taxes until the audit report is
374374 filed. If a report is not filed within two (2) years one (1) year
375375 after the close of the fiscal year in the case of an annual audit,
376376 or the second fiscal year of a biennial audit period , the funds
377377 being withheld shall be remi tted by the Oklahoma Tax Commission to
378378 the county in which the incorporated city or town is located and
379379 deposited to the county highway fund of that coun ty to be used as
380380 otherwise provided by law Special Investigative Unit Auditing
381381 Revolving Fund created in Section 3 of this act .
382382 SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
383383 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 17-107A of Title 11, unless
384384 there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
385385 There is hereby created in the State Tr easury a revolving fund
386386 for the State Auditor and Inspector to be desi gnated the “Special
387387 Investigative Unit Auditing Revolving Fund”. The fund shall be a
388388 continuing fund, not subject to fiscal year limitations, and shall
389389 consist of all monies received by the State Auditor and Inspector
390390 from funds withheld from a municipality’s allocations of gasoline
391391 taxes as provided in Section 17 -107 of Title 11 of the Oklahoma
392392 Statutes and all monies received from legislative appropriations.
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444444 All monies accruing to the credit of the fund are hereby
445445 appropriated and may be budgeted and e xpended by the State Auditor
446446 and Inspector for the purpose of offse tting expenses incurred from
447447 special investigative audit activities relating to municipal
448448 government. Expenditures from the fund shall be made upon warr ants
449449 issued by the State Treasurer against claims filed as prescribed by
450450 law with the Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise
451451 Services for approval and payment.
452452 SECTION 4. REPEALER 11 O.S. 2011, Section 17-108, is
453453 hereby repealed.
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