Bill Text: OH SB4 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: To require the Auditor of State to conduct performance audits of the Bureau of Workers' Compensation, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Natural Resources, Department of Agriculture, and Department of Health, and to require the Auditor of State to develop a schedule to provide for periodic performance audits of all state agencies.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 16-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-01-27 - Passed 3rd Consideration House [SB4 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2009-SB4-Engrossed.html

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As Passed by the Senate

128th General Assembly Regular Session 2009-2010

Sub. S. B. No. 4

Senator Schaffer 

Cosponsors: Senators Buehrer, Carey, Gibbs, Gillmor, Grendell, Harris, Jones, Niehaus, Patton, Schuring, Widener, Seitz, Hughes, Faber, Stewart, Wilson 

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A BILL

To enact section 117.114 of the Revised Code to

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require the Auditor of State to conduct

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performance audits of the Bureau of Workers'

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Compensation, Environmental Protection Agency,

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Department of Natural Resources, Department of

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Agriculture, and Department of Health, and to

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require the Auditor of State to develop a schedule

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to provide for periodic performance audits of all

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state agencies.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That section 117.114 of the Revised Code be	10
enacted to read as follows:	11

Sec. 117.114. (A) As used in this section, "state agency"	12
means the administrative departments listed in section 121.02 of	13
the Revised Code, the department of taxation, the bureau of	14
workers' compensation, the Ohio board of regents, and the state	15
board of education.	16

(B) Pursuant to sections 117.01, 117.11, and 117.13 of the	17
Revised Code, the auditor of state shall:	18

(1) Conduct performance audits of the bureau of workers'	19
compensation, environmental protection agency, department of	20
natural resources, department of agriculture, and department of	21
health. Each performance audit shall examine the timeliness and	22
effectiveness of agency regulatory procedures and, where	23
appropriate, shall compare the procedures to those of similar	24
agencies in other states.	25

(2) Develop a schedule to provide for periodic performance	26
audits of all state agencies.	27

(C) Not later than thirty days after completing a performance	28
audit under this section, the auditor of state shall submit a	29
report of the audit results to the governor, the speaker of the	30
house of representatives, the president of the senate, the	31
minority leader of the house of representatives, the minority	32
leader of the senate, and the inspector general.	33

Section 2. The schedule required by division (B) of section	34
117.114 of the Revised Code, as presented in this act, shall be	35
created not later than ninety days after the effective date of	36
this section.	37