Montana § 5-13-101 - Title And Purpose Of Chapter
Full text of Montana Montana Code Annotated § 5-13-101 — Title And Purpose Of Chapter, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 5-13-101. Title And Purpose Of Chapter
Title and purpose of chapter. (1) This chapter may be cited as "The Legislative Audit Act". (2) Because the legislature is responsible for authorizing the expenditure of public money, designating the sources from which money may be collected, and shaping the administration to perform the work of state government and is held finally accountable for fiscal policy, the legislature should also be responsible for the audit of books, accounts, activities, and records so that it may be assured that its directives have been carried out. It is the intent of this chapter that each agency of state government be audited for the purpose of furnishing the legislature with factual information vital to the discharge of its legislative duties.
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