Texas § GV.2101.038 - DUTIES OF STATE AUDITOR
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§ GV.2101.038. DUTIES OF STATE AUDITOR
DUTIES OF STATE AUDITOR. The state auditor, when reviewing the operation of a state agency, shall audit for compliance with the uniform statewide accounting system, the comptroller's rules, and the Legislative Budget Board's performance and workload measures. The state auditor shall also audit state agencies that make purchases that are exempted from the purchasing authority of the comptroller or that make purchases under delegated purchasing authority for compliance with applicable provisions of Subtitle D, except that this section does not require the state auditor to audit purchases made under Section 51.9335 , Education Code, or made under Section 73.115 , Education Code. The state auditor shall notify the comptroller, the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the Legislative Budget Board as soon as practicable when a state agency is not in compliance. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 31.01(21), eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 891, Sec. 1.04, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 82, eff. June 19, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1206, Sec. 22, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 937 (H.B. 3560 ), Sec. 1.66, eff. September 1, 2007.
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