PRINTER'S NO. 1713
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No.
1186
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY AUMENT, WAGNER, BARTOLOTTA, EICHELBERGER,
RESCHENTHALER, RAFFERTY, TEPLITZ, MENSCH, FOLMER, VOGEL,
ALLOWAY, STEFANO, WARD AND BREWSTER, APRIL 19, 2016
REFERRED TO STATE GOVERNMENT, APRIL 19, 2016
AN ACT
Amending Title 65 (Public Officers) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in lobbying disclosure, further
providing for administration.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 13A08(f) of Title 65 of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
ยง 13A08. Administration.
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(f) Audits.--The following shall apply:
(1) Every two years the Secretary of the Commonwealth
shall contract for the services of one or more certified
public accountants or certified public accounting firms. The
contract shall be awarded in a manner consistent with the
provisions of 62 Pa.C.S. Pt. I (relating to Commonwealth
Procurement Code), and no certified public accountant or
certified public accounting firm shall be eligible to obtain
a contract for two successive contract periods.
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(2) The secretary shall randomly select, at a public
drawing 60 days following the close of each fourth quarter
reporting period, 3% of all completed registrations and
expense reports filed with the department under this chapter.
(3) The certified public accountant shall conduct the
audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards and shall test as to whether each registration or
expense report is materially correct.
(3.1) Prior to completion of an audit report and
findings, the registrant who is the subject of the audit
shall be provided a period of 30 days to submit a written
response to any proposed or preliminary findings from the
audit. The response shall be included in the final audit
report and findings.
(3.2) Within 30 days of completion, the final audit
report and findings shall be made available on the
department's publicly accessible Internet website.
(4) [The audit report and findings shall be
confidential, except that the department shall make an audit
report and findings available to the commission if] If the
commission is investigating an alleged violation of this
chapter involving the audited registration or expense
report[. The], the commission shall include the relevant
portion of an audit as part of its findings of fact in a
commission order which results from an investigation arising
out of an audit.
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Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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