Bill Text: GA SB389 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: State Auditor; website of Dept. of Audits and Accounts; applicable to public information; operation, maintenance; provisions
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-07-01 - Effective Date [SB389 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-SB389-Engrossed.html
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Senate
Bill 389
By:
Senators Butterworth of the 50th, Rogers of the 21st, Hamrick of the 30th, Hill
of the 32nd, Williams of the 19th and others
AS
PASSED SENATE
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Article 2 of Chapter 6 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated, relating to the state auditor, so as to revise and change certain
provisions regarding the operation, maintenance, and reporting requirements
applicable to a public information website of the Department of Audits and
Accounts; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Article
2 of Chapter 6 of Title 50 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to the state auditor, is amended by revising Code Section 50-6-32, relating to
the operation, maintenance, and reporting requirement applicable to a public
information website of the Department of Audits and Accounts as
follows:
"50-6-32.
(a)
This Code section shall be known and may be cited as the 'Transparency in
Government Act.'
(b)
As used in this Code section, the term:
(1)
'Agency'
means:
(A)
Each
each
department, commission, authority, and agency of
the
executive branch of
state
government;
and
(B)
The
the
Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia;
(C)
Any regional educational service agency;
(D)
The General Assembly, including all legislative offices and agencies;
and
(E)
Local boards of education.
(2)
'Department' means the Department of Audits and
Accounts.
(2)(3)
'Searchable website' means a
single
website that allows the public to review and analyze information identified in
subsection (c) of this Code section.
(c)(1)
The
No later
than January 1, 2009, the department shall
develop and operate a
single
searchable website accessible by the public, at no cost, that provides the
following information pertaining to state fiscal year 2008
and each state
fiscal year thereafter:
(1)(A)
The State of Georgia Comprehensive Annual Financial Report that includes an
indexed statement of operations and a statement of financial condition of the
state in accordance with governmental generally acceptable accounting
principles;
(2)(B)
The annual Budgetary Compliance Report for the state that provides, by agency,
an indexed report comparing budgeted and actual revenues and expenditures by
budgetary units for each organization included in the
General
Appropriations Act, as amended. Such report shall include, at a minimum, a
statement of the taxes and other revenues remitted to the state treasury and
operating revenues retained by the agency during the immediately preceding
fiscal year as well as a statement of total expenditures made by the agency
during the immediately preceding fiscal year;
(3)(C)
The annual State of Georgia Single Audit Report that provides, by federal grant,
an indexed listing of all expenditures of federal funds and also discloses by
state organization any audit findings and corrective actions to be
taken;
(4)(D)
Salaries and expenses of full-time and part-time employees and board
members;
(5)(E)
A list of consultant expenses and other professional services
expenses;
(6)(F)
State Budget in Brief, indexed by reporting
agency;
and
(7)(G)
All performance audits conducted by the department for the preceding five
years;
and
(H)
An indexed listing of all agencies and end users receiving any federal
pass-through moneys and an itemized enumeration of the expenditure of such
moneys.
(2)
As soon as is practical after the close of each fiscal year, the department
shall update the
single
searchable website for such fiscal year to include the information set forth in
paragraph (1)
of this subsection.
(d)(1)
The
No later
than January 1, 2010, the department shall
develop and add to the searchable website a report of certain grant and contract
payments made or due to vendors by agencies reporting through the state's
general financial accounting and information system and all payments made
through economic and incentive programs operated by the Department of Economic
Development, the Department of Labor, the Department of Community Affairs, the
Department of Agriculture, and the Georgia Lottery Corporation pertaining to
state fiscal year 2009
and each state
fiscal year thereafter. Such report shall
include, at a minimum:
(1)(A)
A list of all obligations entered into by the agency during the immediately
preceding fiscal year which call for the agency to expend at any time in the
aggregate more than $50,000.00; and
(2)(B)
A list of the names of each person, firm, or corporation that has received from
the agency during the immediately preceding fiscal year payments in excess of
$20,000.00 in the aggregate, including the amount paid to such person, firm, or
corporation during such period.
(2)
As soon as is practical after the close of each fiscal year, the department
shall update the
single
searchable website for such fiscal year to include the information set forth in
this subsection.
(3)
Offices of the judicial branch shall provide the information required by
agencies under this subsection.
(e)
All agencies
of state
government shall provide to the Department
of Audits and Accounts such information as is necessary to accomplish the
purposes of this Code section.
(f)
Nothing in this Code section shall require the disclosure of information which
is considered confidential by state or federal law."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.