GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	1 

SENATE BILL 412

Short Title:  GPAC/Evaluation of Program Results.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Martin of Guilford.
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Referred to:  Government Performance Audit.
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February 25, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO IMPLEMENT A RECOMMENDATION OF THE GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AUDIT COMMITTEE TO INITIATE SYSTEMATIC, IN-DEPTH EVALUATIONS OF PROGRAM RESULTS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 120-76(1) reads as rewritten:
"(1)	To conduct program evaluation studies of the various components of State agency activity as they relate to:
a.	Service benefits of each program relative to expenditures;
b.	Achievement of program goals;
c.	Use of indicators by which the success or failure of a program may be gauged; and
d.	Conformity with legislative intent.
	The Commission shall develop a schedule for systematic program evaluation studies of State agencies.  In setting its priorities for program review and evaluation, the Commission shall consider reports from the Director of the Budget on programs that have not achieved the desired level of performance.
		The Commission shall develop strategies for carrying out these program evaluation studies, after consultation with the State Auditor.
		The Director of the Budget shall ensure that the results of these program evaluations are used by State agencies in the State's policy, planning, and budgeting processes.
		The chairs of the Commission shall appoint a permanent subcommittee to assist the Commission in carrying out its duties under this subdivision."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.