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Senate Amendment 3485

Amendment Text

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  1  1    Amend Senate File 477 as follows
  1  2    #1.  By striking page 1, line 1, through page 8,
  1  3 line 20, and inserting the following:
  1  4    "Sec.    .  Section 2.46, Code 1995, is amended by
  1  5 adding the following new subsection:
  1  6    NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  OVERSIGHT, AUDIT AND
  1  7 GOVERNMENT REFORM.  Review and analyze state
  1  8 government structure and operations for purposes of
  1  9 ensuring an efficient and innovative system of
  1 10 government which effectively administers programs and
  1 11 carries out its regulatory functions, provides for
  1 12 operating with the greatest possible fiscal integrity,
  1 13 enhances the government's relationship with its
  1 14 citizens, and provides for the greatest possible
  1 15 accountability of the government to the public.  The
  1 16 committee shall conduct a review of state programs and
  1 17 rules.  The committee shall study all of the
  1 18 following:
  1 19    a.  State government budget practices and
  1 20 procedures in order to ensure the accountability of
  1 21 state government to the general assembly.
  1 22    b.  Methods to encourage innovation in state
  1 23 government.
  1 24    c.  Utilization of state government facilities and
  1 25 equipment, including purchase, lease-purchase, and
  1 26 leasing arrangements.
  1 27    d.  Performance evaluations and performance-based
  1 28 budgeting of state government operations, including
  1 29 standards and procedures for the administration of
  1 30 programs and regulations.
  1 31    The study may include the need to develop
  1 32 indicators, including benchmarks, for purposes of
  1 33 measuring state government performance.
  1 34    Upon request by the committee, the attorney general
  1 35 or the state auditor may investigate abuses of
  1 36 discretion, malfeasance, or the misappropriation of
  1 37 moneys by officers or employees of a unit of state
  1 38 government, or pursuant to contracts executed by units
  1 39 of state government.  Upon request by the committee,
  1 40 the state auditor shall review state programs or
  1 41 regulations, and perform evaluations, including
  1 42 measurement of performance according to indicators,
  1 43 such as benchmarks.  The attorney general or state
  1 44 auditor shall report to the committee the findings and
  1 45 any recommendations of an investigation or review."
  1 46    #2.  By renumbering as necessary.  
  1 47 
  1 48 
  1 49                              
  1 50 WAYNE BENNETT
  2  1 SF 477.502 76
  2  2 da/jw
     

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