Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 63I > Chapter 5 > Part 3 - Audit Committee

• Agency head: means a cabinet officer, an elected official, an executive director, or a board or commission vested with responsibility to administer or make policy for a state agency. See Utah Code 63I-5-102
• Appointing authority: means :
       (4)(a) the governor, for state agencies other than the State Tax Commission;
       (4)(b) the Judicial Council, for judicial branch agencies;
       (4)(c) the Utah Board of Higher Education, for higher education entities;
       (4)(d) the State Board of Education, for entities administered by the State Board of Education; or
       (4)(e) the four tax commissioners, for the State Tax Commission. See Utah Code 63I-5-102
• Audit committee: means a standing committee composed of members who:
       (5)(a) are appointed by an appointing authority;
       (5)(b)

            (5)(b)(i) do not have administrative responsibilities within the agency; and

            (5)(b)(ii) are not an agency contractor or other service provider; and
       (5)(c) have the expertise to provide effective oversight of and advice about internal audit activities and services. See Utah Code 63I-5-102
• audit director: means the person who:
       (3)(a) directs the internal audit program for the state agency; and
       (3)(b) is appointed by the audit committee or, if no audit committee has been established, by the agency head. See Utah Code 63I-5-102
• Audit plan: means a prioritized list of audits to be performed by an internal audit program within a specified period of time. See Utah Code 63I-5-102
• Internal audit: means an independent appraisal activity established within a state agency as a control system to examine and evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of other internal control systems within the agency. See Utah Code 63I-5-102
• Internal audit program: means an audit function that:
       (9)(a) is conducted by an agency, division, bureau, or office, independent of the agency, division, bureau, or office operations;
       (9)(b) objectively evaluates the effectiveness of agency, division, bureau, or office governance, risk management, internal controls, and the efficiency of operations; and
       (9)(c) is conducted in accordance with the current:

            (9)(c)(i) International Standards for the Professional Practice of Internal Auditing; or

            (9)(c)(ii) The Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States. See Utah Code 63I-5-102
• Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
• Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of a judicial proceeding. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
• State agency: means :
            (11)(a)(i) each department, commission, board, council, agency, institution, officer, corporation, fund, division, office, committee, authority, laboratory, library, unit, bureau, panel, or other administrative unit of the state; or
            (11)(a)(ii) each state public education entity. See Utah Code 63I-5-102
• Writing: includes :
       (48)(a) printing;
       (48)(b) handwriting; and
       (48)(c) information stored in an electronic or other medium if the information is retrievable in a perceivable format. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5