| TO: | Honorable Frank Madla, Chair, Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations |
| FROM: | John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | SB1581 by Wentworth (Relating to providing that an audit working paper of a county auditor is excepted from required public disclosure under the public information law.), As Introduced |
The bill would except from the requirements of the Public Information Law the working papers of an audit of a county auditor. If, however, the information contained in the audit working papers is also maintained in another record, the exception would not apply to that record. The bill would take effect immediately if it receives a two-thirds vote in each house; otherwise, it would take effect September 1, 2003 and would apply to audit working papers created before, on, or after the effective date.
A number of county auditors' offices were contacted regarding the fiscal impact of the provisions of the bill. Each responded that there would be little or no fiscal impact.
| Source Agencies: | 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts
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| LBB Staff: | JK, DLBa
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