Sec. 32. (a) The city controller shall serve as controller of the board of managers and is the official custodian of all funds and assets of the board of managers for proper safeguarding and accounting. The controller shall, with the approval of the board of managers, appoint an assistant controller to act as auditor for the board of managers.

     (b) The assistant controller is the official custodian of all books of account and other financial records of the board of managers and has the other powers and duties that are delegated by the city controller and the lesser powers and duties that the board of managers prescribes. The assistant controller, and any other employee or member of the board of managers authorized to receive, collect, or expend money, shall give bond for the faithful performance and discharge of all duties required of the assistant controller, employee, or board member in an amount and with surety and other conditions that are prescribed and approved by the board of managers.

     (c) The assistant controller shall keep an accurate account of:

(1) all money due the convention center and the board of managers; and

(2) all money received, invested, and disbursed;

in accordance with generally recognized governmental accounting principals and procedures. All accounting forms and records shall be prescribed or approved by the state board of accounts. The assistant controller shall issue all warrants for the payment of money from the funds of the board of managers in accordance with procedures prescribed by the board of managers, but a warrant may not be issued for the payment of any claim until an itemized and verified statement of the claim has been filed with the controller, who may require evidence that all amounts claimed are justly due. All warrants shall be countersigned by the city controller or by the executive manager. Payroll and similar warrants may be executed with facsimile signatures.

     (d) If the board of managers or the city has entered into any agreement to lease convention center facilities from the civic center building authority, the controller or assistant controller shall pay the lease rental to the authority within a reasonable period before the date on which principal or interest on any bonds outstanding issued under this chapter becomes due. The assistant controller shall submit to the board of managers at least annually a report of the assistant controller’s accounts exhibiting the revenues, receipts, and disbursements and the sources from which the revenues and receipts were derived and the purpose and manner in which the disbursements were made. The board of managers may require that the report be prepared by a designated, independent certified public accountant. Handling and expenditure of funds is subject to audit and supervision by the state board of accounts.

As added by Acts 1982, P.L.218, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.127-2017, SEC.391.