PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor

H.B. 219

the Attorney General, the Treasurer, and the units that have been audited or
reviewed by the Office of Legislative Audits; authorizing the Director of the
Department of Fiscal Services and the Joint Budget and Audit Committee to direct
the Legislative Auditor to undertake a review to determine the extent to which
action has been taken by a unit to implement a recommendation in an audit report;
providing that the Legislative Auditor may authorize the disclosure of information
obtained during an audit or review to the Joint Budget and Audit Committee if
necessary to assist it in reviewing a report issued by the Auditor; providing for the
effective date of this Act; and generally relating to the Office of Legislative Audits
of the Department of Fiscal Services of the General Assembly of Maryland.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - State Government
Section 2-1212, 2-1213, 2-1214, and 2-1222
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1995 Replacement Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - State Government

Section 2-1215, 2-1216, 2-1217, 2-1218, 2-1219, 2-1220, and 2-1221
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1995 Replacement Volume)

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

Article - State Government

2-1212.

There is an Office of Legislative Audits in the Department.
2-1213.

(a)     The head of the Office of Legislative Audits is the Legislative Auditor, who
shall be appointed by the Director with the approval of the President and the Speaker.

(b)     (1) For 1 year after appointment and, if the Director extends the
probationary period, for 1 additional 6-month period, the Legislative Auditor is in a
probationary status and may be dismissed by the Director with the approval of the
President and the Speaker.

(2) After the probationary period, the Legislative Auditor serves without a
fixed term and, with the approval of the President and the Speaker, may be removed as
provided in § 2-1207(g) of this subtitle.

(c)     The Legislative Auditor must:

(1) be licensed as a certified public accountant in the State;

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