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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 556

to report to the Joint Budget and Audit Committee under
certain circumstances; providing for action by the Committee
in audit compliance; requiring the concurrence of the
Comptroller before a certain action is taken by the
Committee; providing that the Comptroller is no longer
responsible for requiring audit compliance; and generally
relating to audit compliance.

BY adding to

Article - State Government
Section 2-1216(c) and 2-1219(e)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1984 Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article 19 - Comptroller

Section 29(b) and (c)

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1981 Replacement Volume and 1984 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - State Government

2-1216.

(C) THE DIVISION OF AUDITS MAY DEVELOP AN OVERALL
EVALUATION OF A UNIT'S FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS AND RECORDS AND
COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAWS AND ORDERS AS A MEANS OF
COMPARING THE VARIOUS UNITS OF STATE GOVERNMENT. THE EVALUATION
SHALL BE AVAILABLE TO THE JOINT BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE AND
THE BUDGET COMMITTEES OF THE MARYLAND GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

2-1219.

(E) (1) THE UNITS OF STATE GOVERNMENT SHALL RESPOND TO THE
DIRECTOR WITH COPIES TO THE JOINT BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE, THE
COMPTROLLER, AND THE SECRETARY OF BUDGET AND FISCAL PLANNING AS
TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR.

(2)  THE DIRECTOR OR THE COMMITTEE MAY DIRECT THE
LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR TO UNDERTAKE A REVIEW OF THE UNIT'S RESPONSE
TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE ACTION IN RESPONSE TO THE
RECOMMENDATIONS HAS BEEN TAKEN.

(3)  THE DIRECTOR SHALL ADVISE THE JOINT BUDGET AND
AUDIT COMMITTEE WHEN:

(I) A UNIT DOES NOT MAKE A RESPONSE TO A
RECOMMENDATION;