Sec. 24. (a) The
state board of accounts shall establish
in writing uniform compliance guidelines for the examinations and reports required by this chapter. The uniform compliance guidelines must include the standards that an
entity must observe to avoid a finding that is critical of the
audited entity for a reason other than the audited entity’s failure to comply with a specific law.
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Terms Used In Indiana Code 5-11-1-24
- audited entity: has the meaning set forth in Indiana Code 5-11-1-16
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- entity: means any provider of goods, services, or other benefits that is:
Indiana Code 5-11-1-16
- in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- state: means any board, commission, department, division, bureau, committee, agency, governmental subdivision, military body, authority, or other instrumentality of the state, but does not include a municipality. See Indiana Code 5-11-1-16
(c) The state board of accounts must distribute the uniform compliance guidelines to each audited entity that the state board of accounts may audit.
(d) If the state board of accounts engages or authorizes the engagement of a private examiner to perform an examination under this chapter, the examination and report must comply with the uniform compliance guidelines established under subsection (a). If a person subject to examination under this chapter engages a private examiner, the contract with the private examiner must require the examination and report to comply with the uniform compliance guidelines established under subsection (a).
(e) An audited entity may not request proposals for performing examinations of an audited entity unless the request for proposals has been submitted to and approved by the state board of accounts.
As added by P.L.3-1986, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.39-1996, SEC.4; P.L.181-2015, SEC.15.
