As Passed by the Senate

128th General Assembly
Regular Session
2009-2010
Sub. S. B. No. 4


Senator Schaffer 

Cosponsors: Senators Buehrer, Carey, Gibbs, Gillmor, Grendell, Harris, Jones, Niehaus, Patton, Schuring, Widener, Seitz, Hughes, Faber, Stewart, Wilson 



A BILL
To enact section 117.114 of the Revised Code to 1
require the Auditor of State to conduct 2
performance audits of the Bureau of Workers' 3
Compensation, Environmental Protection Agency, 4
Department of Natural Resources, Department of 5
Agriculture, and Department of Health, and to 6
require the Auditor of State to develop a schedule 7
to provide for periodic performance audits of all 8
state agencies.9


BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

       Section 1. That section 117.114 of the Revised Code be 10
enacted to read as follows:11

       Sec. 117.114. (A) As used in this section, "state agency" 12
means the administrative departments listed in section 121.02 of 13
the Revised Code, the department of taxation, the bureau of 14
workers' compensation, the Ohio board of regents, and the state 15
board of education.16

       (B) Pursuant to sections 117.01, 117.11, and 117.13 of the 17
Revised Code, the auditor of state shall:18

       (1) Conduct performance audits of the bureau of workers' 19
compensation, environmental protection agency, department of 20
natural resources, department of agriculture, and department of 21
health. Each performance audit shall examine the timeliness and 22
effectiveness of agency regulatory procedures and, where 23
appropriate, shall compare the procedures to those of similar 24
agencies in other states.25

       (2) Develop a schedule to provide for periodic performance 26
audits of all state agencies.27

       (C) Not later than thirty days after completing a performance 28
audit under this section, the auditor of state shall submit a 29
report of the audit results to the governor, the speaker of the 30
house of representatives, the president of the senate, the 31
minority leader of the house of representatives, the minority 32
leader of the senate, and the inspector general.33

       Section 2. The schedule required by division (B) of section 34
117.114 of the Revised Code, as presented in this act, shall be 35
created not later than ninety days after the effective date of 36
this section.37