Kentucky Statutes 175B.100 – Annual report by state authority — Annual audit of state authority
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(1) Within ninety (90) days after the expiration of each fiscal year, the state authority shall make an annual report of its activities for the preceding fiscal year to the Controller of the Commonwealth within the Finance and Administration Cabinet, the Transportation Cabinet, and the Legislative Research Commission. The report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering its operation during the fiscal year.
(2) (a) The state authority shall cause an audit of its books and accounts to be made at least once each year.
(b) A request shall be made to the Auditor of Public Accounts for the performance of an annual audit. If the Auditor of Public Accounts declines in writing to assume responsibility for performing the audit or fails to respond in writing within thirty (30) days of receiving the request, the state authority may enter into a contract with a certified public accountant for an audit.
(c) Any contract with a certified public accountant entered into as a result of the Auditor of Public Accounts either declining to assume responsibility of performing the audit or failing to respond within thirty (30) days of receipt of a written request for an audit shall specify the following:
1. That the certified public accountant shall forward a copy of the audit report and management letters to the Auditor of Public Accounts for review;
2. That the Auditor of Public Accounts may review the certified public accountant’s work papers; and
3. That after review of the certified public accountant’s work papers, if discrepancies are found, the Auditor of Public Accounts shall notify the authority of the discrepancies. If the certified public accountant does not correct these discrepancies prior to the release of the audit, the Auditor of Public Accounts may conduct its own audit to verify the findings of the certified public accountant’s report.
(d) If an audit verifying the findings of the certified public accountant’s report is conducted by the Auditor of Public Accounts, the total audit expense incurred shall be an allowable expenditure and shall be paid to the Auditor of Public Accounts. If the audit conducted by the Auditor of Public Accounts discloses discrepancies in the audit by the certified public accountant, the findings of the Auditor of Public Accounts shall be deemed official for all purposes.
Effective: June 26, 2009
History: Created 2009 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 94, effective June 26,
2009.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/26/2009). The internal numbering of subsection (2) of this statute has been altered in codification by the Reviser of Statutes from the way it appeared in 2009 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 94, under the authority of KRS § 7.136.
(2) (a) The state authority shall cause an audit of its books and accounts to be made at least once each year.
Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 175B.100
- Authority: means the state authority, or a bi-state authority, or a project authority, unless the specific use requires that it apply only to the state authority, or a bi-state authority, or a project authority. See Kentucky Statutes 175B.010
- Cabinet: means the Transportation Cabinet. See Kentucky Statutes 175B.010
- Commonwealth: means the Commonwealth of Kentucky. See Kentucky Statutes 175B.010
- 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 a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
- State authority: means the Kentucky Public Transportation Infrastructure
Authority created under KRS §. See Kentucky Statutes 175B.010 - Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- Year: means calendar year. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
(b) A request shall be made to the Auditor of Public Accounts for the performance of an annual audit. If the Auditor of Public Accounts declines in writing to assume responsibility for performing the audit or fails to respond in writing within thirty (30) days of receiving the request, the state authority may enter into a contract with a certified public accountant for an audit.
(c) Any contract with a certified public accountant entered into as a result of the Auditor of Public Accounts either declining to assume responsibility of performing the audit or failing to respond within thirty (30) days of receipt of a written request for an audit shall specify the following:
1. That the certified public accountant shall forward a copy of the audit report and management letters to the Auditor of Public Accounts for review;
2. That the Auditor of Public Accounts may review the certified public accountant’s work papers; and
3. That after review of the certified public accountant’s work papers, if discrepancies are found, the Auditor of Public Accounts shall notify the authority of the discrepancies. If the certified public accountant does not correct these discrepancies prior to the release of the audit, the Auditor of Public Accounts may conduct its own audit to verify the findings of the certified public accountant’s report.
(d) If an audit verifying the findings of the certified public accountant’s report is conducted by the Auditor of Public Accounts, the total audit expense incurred shall be an allowable expenditure and shall be paid to the Auditor of Public Accounts. If the audit conducted by the Auditor of Public Accounts discloses discrepancies in the audit by the certified public accountant, the findings of the Auditor of Public Accounts shall be deemed official for all purposes.
Effective: June 26, 2009
History: Created 2009 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 94, effective June 26,
2009.
Legislative Research Commission Note (6/26/2009). The internal numbering of subsection (2) of this statute has been altered in codification by the Reviser of Statutes from the way it appeared in 2009 (1st Extra. Sess.) Ky. Acts ch. 1, sec. 94, under the authority of KRS § 7.136.