REFERENCE TITLE: agencies; single audit reports; penalty

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-sixth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2024

SB 1473

Introduced by

Senator Kern

An Act

amending title 41, chapter 7, article 10.1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 41-1279.08; relating to the auditor general.

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1. Title 41, chapter 7, article 10.1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 41-1279.08, to read:

START_STATUTE41-1279.08. Auditor general; single audit reports; penalty; withholding

A state agency that is required to comply with the federal single audit requirements shall be ASSESSED a penalty of not more than one percent of the state agency's annual budget in the upcoming fiscal year for every thirty days the state agency is late in submitting a schedule of expenditures of federal awards to the auditor general.  If a state agency submits a schedule of expenditures of federal awards late, the auditor general shall notify the state treasurer of the amount of the penalty and the state treasurer shall WITHHOLD that amount from the state agency's appropriation for the following fiscal year. END_STATUTE