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Bill 3488

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      3488
Type of Legislation:              General Bill GB
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  20010206
Primary Sponsor:                  Davenport
All Sponsors:                     Davenport, Delleney, Leach, Lee, 
                                  F.N. Smith, Taylor and Vaughn
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\pt\1170dw01.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Judiciary Committee 25 HJ
Subject:                          Audit review of state agencies, division 
                                  created within Legislative Audit Council to 
                                  determine if effective, efficient


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   20010206  Introduced, read first time,           25 HJ
                  referred to Committee


              Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND TITLE 2, CHAPTER 15, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE LEGISLATIVE AUDIT COUNCIL, BY ADDING SECTION 2-15-130 SO AS TO CREATE A DIVISION WITHIN THE COUNCIL TO CONDUCT REVIEWS OF STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS TO DETERMINE IF THEY ARE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT, PROVIDE FOR A PROCEDURE FOR THE INITIATION OF A REVIEW, AND PROVIDE FOR ITS FINDINGS AFTER A REVIEW HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Title 2, Chapter 15 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

    "Section 2-15-130.    (A)    There is created within the Legislative Audit Council a review division whose purpose is to conduct performance evaluations of state agencies and departments to determine whether an agency or department is effective and efficient in the performance of its duties.

    (B)    In conducting these performance evaluations, the review division may consider, but is not limited to, evaluation of the following matters:

        (1)    leaner, more efficient practices while increasing service and quality;

        (2)    better organization and productivity;

        (3)    increased ability to do more with less;

        (4)    making the work safer, faster, and more rewarding;

        (5)    provide a method by which the agency or department can analyze its processes and try to make improvements to them;

        (6)    showing ways to improve the working environment, improving efficiencies, and teach people about ergonomics; and

        (7)    reducing costs associated with new technologies.

    (C)    Ten members of the General Assembly must request in writing to the director of the Legislative Audit Council that a performance audit be conducted on a state agency or division. The director must respond within thirty days to these members of the General Assembly the estimated time it will take to conduct the performance audit.

    (D)    When the performance audit is completed, the findings of the review division must be forwarded to the Governor, Speaker of the House of Representatives, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the members of the General Assembly requesting the audit."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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