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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 11.2, subsection 1, Code 1995, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new unnumbered paragraphs:
  1  3    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  The auditor of state shall at
  1  4 all times, with regard to all state officers, departments, and
  1  5 persons receiving or expending state funds, have access to and
  1  6 the right to examine all papers, books, records, documents,
  1  7 and other instrumentalities, however maintained, that are used
  1  8 in the performance of statutory duties or in relation to the
  1  9 use of state funds.  All state officers, departments, and
  1 10 persons receiving or expending state funds shall cooperate
  1 11 with the auditor and shall make available such papers, books,
  1 12 records, documents, and other instrumentalities.
  1 13    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  If information sought by the
  1 14 auditor of state is required to be kept confidential, the
  1 15 auditor shall have access to the information, but shall
  1 16 maintain the confidentiality of the information, and shall be
  1 17 subject to the same penalties for dissemination of the
  1 18 information as the lawful custodian of the information.
  1 19    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  The auditor may issue subpoenas
  1 20 for production of any papers, books, records, documents, and
  1 21 other instrumentalities to which the auditor is authorized to
  1 22 have access.  If any person subpoenaed refuses to produce the
  1 23 subpoenaed material, the auditor may apply to the district
  1 24 court having jurisdiction over that person for the enforcement
  1 25 of the subpoena.  
  1 26                           EXPLANATION
  1 27    This bill establishes a right of the state auditor to
  1 28 access the documents of other state offices and departments
  1 29 that are relevant to the auditor's statutory obligation to
  1 30 annually audit each state department.  The offices and
  1 31 departments are expressly required to provide such access.
  1 32 The right of access is enforceable by subpoena.  The auditor
  1 33 is obligated to maintain the confidentiality of any documents
  1 34 reviewed, and is subject to penalty for failing to observe any
  1 35 confidentiality.  These rights are modeled upon the statutory
  2  1 rights to review documents that are currently available to the
  2  2 legislative fiscal bureau.  
  2  3 LSB 4401SV 76
  2  4 jls/cf/24.1
     

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