(Doc Name h:\legwork\house\amend\H-WM\001\INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT.DOCX):
EXPLANATION: require inspector general to report specific information quarterly to the ways and means and senate finance committees, be self sufficient after june 30, 2012 and be under the agency head salary commission's purview.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 89, GENERAL
PROVISIONS, page 520, after line 27, by adding an appropriately
numbered paragraph to read:
/ (GP: Inspector
General) The Governor's Inspector General shall report
quarterly to the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate
Finance Committee the following information: a list of each
reported case/complaint of fraud, waste, or abuse limited to;
the agency name at which the alleged abuse occurred or is
occurring, the date of the reported case, a unique case number
for each case, and an estimated dollar amount related to the
complaint. Further, as complaints are resolved the report must
be updated by case number to include the actual dollar amount of
savings and or recouped funds, and the specific sources of funds
and programs in which the savings and/or recouped funds were
identified. Any identified fraud or abuse with civil or
criminal implications shall be turned over to the appropriate
authorities for action.
After
June 30, 2012, the position of Inspector General must be fully
self-sufficient from savings identified in the cabinet agencies
under review. If the position is not fully self-sufficient the
position shall be terminated and the duties transferred to the
State Auditor.
Effective July 1, 2011, the position of Inspector
General shall fall under the purview of the Agency Head Salary
Commission./
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.