THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY SHAPIRO, AUMENT, BRADFORD, BRENNAN, BURNS, CONKLIN, D. COSTA, CUTLER, DePASQUALE, FABRIZIO, FREEMAN, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, GROVE, HORNAMAN, KAVULICH, KIRKLAND, KORTZ, LONGIETTI, MURT, M. O'BRIEN, PASHINSKI, SCHRODER, K. SMITH, M. SMITH, STERN, STURLA, VULAKOVICH AND DAVIS, FEBRUARY 24, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, FEBRUARY 24, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled,

as amended, "An act relating to the finances of the State

government; providing for the settlement, assessment,

collection, and lien of taxes, bonus, and all other accounts

due the Commonwealth, the collection and recovery of fees and

other money or property due or belonging to the Commonwealth,

or any agency thereof, including escheated property and the

proceeds of its sale, the custody and disbursement or other

disposition of funds and securities belonging to or in the

possession of the Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims

against the Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and

appeals to the courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to

the Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth

and all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting

moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,

and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,

authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes

to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of

section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of

Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of

certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every

department, board, commission, and officer of the State

government, every political subdivision of the State, and

certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,

association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or

collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws

imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or

other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,

every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the

Commonwealth," in Department of the Auditor General,

providing for special audit of State programs.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known

as The Fiscal Code, is amended by adding a section to read:

Section 402.1.  Special Audit of State Programs.--

Notwithstanding section 402, the Auditor General shall conduct a

thorough performance audit of every State program which is

subject to the policy, supervision and control of the Governor.

The audits shall be completed no later than February 1, 2013.

Copies of all audits made by the Auditor General under this

section shall be promptly submitted to the Chief Clerk of the

Senate and the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.