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                                                      PRINTER'S NO. 2364

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


SENATE BILL

No. 1565 Session of 2008


        INTRODUCED BY ORIE, WONDERLING, ERICKSON, VANCE, ARMSTRONG,
           BROWNE, FOLMER AND WOZNIAK, SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

        REFERRED TO COMMUNITY, ECONOMIC AND RECREATIONAL DEVELOPMENT,
           SEPTEMBER 16, 2008

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 4 (Amusements) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     2     Statutes, further providing for Auditor General's reports.

     3     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     4  hereby enacts as follows:
     5     Section 1.  Title 4 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
     6  is amended by adding a section to read:
     7  § 1214.  Auditor General's reports.
     8     In cooperation with the department and the State Treasurer,
     9  the Auditor General shall annually audit and report on the
    10  amounts and uses of the distributions made under Chapter 14
    11  (relating to revenues) from the State Gaming Fund and the
    12  Pennsylvania Gaming Economic Development and Tourism Fund. In
    13  addition, every four years, the Auditor General shall perform an
    14  internal audit of the expenses and revenues of the board. In
    15  addition to examining the agency's financial statements, the
    16  Auditor General shall be entitled to examine original source
    17  documents at such times as is believed necessary, or may


     1  otherwise examine original documents on a random basis designed
     2  to ensure the integrity of the audit. The audit shall include,
     3  but not be limited to, the expenses incurred by individual
     4  members of the board and reimbursed or otherwise paid for by the
     5  board. The Auditor General shall prepare a written report of its
     6  audits under this section and submit a copy of the report to the
     7  Community, Economic and Recreational Development Committee of
     8  the Senate and the Gaming Oversight Committee of the House of
     9  Representatives no later than April 1 of each year.
    10     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.














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