GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 661*

Short Title:  Auditor's Office Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representatives Michaux; and Easterling.
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Referred to:  Government.
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March 16, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE OPERATION OF THE OFFICE OF STATE AUDITOR.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Inasmuch as the demands placed upon the State Auditor by both State and federal governments have exceeded the resources available to him, there is appropriated from the General Fund to the Department of State Auditor the sum of one million five hundred sixty-eight thousand seven hundred seventy-five dollars ($1,568,775) for the 1989-90 fiscal year and the sum of one million three hundred forty-three thousand one hundred seventy-five dollars ($1,343,175) for the 1990-91 fiscal year to carry out the duties and responsibilities of the office.  The funds shall be utilized as follows:
	1989-90 	1990-91
Additional Personnel and Related Costs	$992,638	$920,338
(Deputy State Auditor, audit manager,	(22) 	(22) 
departmental accountant, administrative secretary, 10 financial auditors, 6 performance auditors and 2 EDP auditors)
Additional Funding for Departmental
Current Operations	306,637	372,837
(Travel, data processing services, telephone services, employee education, office rental, contract audits, GASB assessments, salary inequity adjustments, and audit advisory committee)
Funding for Equipment Purchases	219,500	50,000
(Replacement of telephone equipment and antiquated office equipment, purchase of FAX capabilities and additional micro-computers for use on audit teams, and word processing renovations)
Funding for Reserves
To study replacement of pension fund	25,000
computer system
To employ programming assistance to	25,000
adapt computer audit procedures to new accounting system.
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1989.