S.B. 361                                                  VETOES

(b)     (1) The Legislative Auditor shall report to the Attorney General and an
appropriate State's Attorney an apparent default to the State for any money by an officer
or employee who is subject to audit OR REVIEW.

(2) A report under this subsection shall ask the Attorney General and
State's Attorney to take appropriate action.

(c)     (1) The Office of the Attorney General shall respond, in writing, to a report
received from the Legislative Auditor under this section.

(2)     The response of the Attorney General shall include what actions, if any,
were taken as a result of the findings of the Legislative Auditor.

(3)     The response of the Attorney General shall be submitted to:
(i) the Joint Budget and Audit Committee;

(ii)    the Director;

(iii)   the unit or body that is the subject of the report; and

(iv)    the Legislative Auditor.
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(a)     Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, information that an
employee of the Office of Legislative Audits obtains during an audit OR REVIEW:

(1)     is confidential; and

(2)     may not be disclosed except to another employee of the Office.

(b)     The Legislative Auditor may authorize the disclosure of information obtained
during an audit OR REVIEW only to the following:

(1)     another employee of the Department, with the approval of the Director;
[or]

(2)     federal, State, or local officials, or their auditors, who provide evidence
to the Legislative Auditor that they are performing investigations, studies, or audits
related to that same audit and who provide justification for the specific information
requested; OR

(3)     THE JOINT BUDGET AND AUDIT COMMITTEE, IF NECESSARY TO
ASSIST THE COMMITTEE IN REVIEWING A REPORT ISSUED BY THE LEGISLATIVE
AUDITOR.

(c)     If information that an employee obtains during an audit also is confidential
under another law, the employee or the Legislative Auditor may not include in a report or
otherwise use the information in any manner that discloses the identity of any person who
is the subject of the confidential information.

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