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PAG LIN 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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