(a) Administrative costs connected with the expenditures of community punishment and corrections funds under this article shall not exceed a percentage amount established by the commissioner.

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Terms Used In Alabama Code 15-18-181

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) The Chief Examiner of the Department of Examiners of Public Accounts is directed to develop a uniform accounting system conforming to generally accepted accounting principles. Such uniform accounting system shall be subject to the approval of the State Chief Examiner of Public Accounts. Community punishment and corrections programs shall establish and maintain the uniform accounting system.
(c)

(1) The annual reports and all records of accounts and financial records of all funds received by grant, contract or otherwise from state, local or federal sources, shall be subject to audit annually by the Chief Examiner of the Department of Public Accounts or the Department of Corrections, or both. The audit may be performed by a licensed independent certified public accountant approved by the Chief Examiner of the Department of Public Accounts. The cost of any such audit shall be paid by the contracting entity.
(2) All audits shall be completed as soon as practicable after the end of the fiscal year of the board. One copy of each audit shall be furnished to the board, if established, the Department of Corrections and the Chief Examiner of the Department of Public Accounts. Copies of each audit shall also be made available to the press.