Section 14252 Of Article 2. Examinations And Reports From California Financial Code >> Division 5. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 2.
14252
. (a) A credit union with total assets equal to or greater
than ten million dollars ($10,000,000) shall, within 105 days after
the end of each fiscal year or within any extended time that the
commissioner may specify, file with the commissioner an audit report
for the fiscal year.
(b) The audit report called for in subdivision (a) shall comply
with all of the following provisions:
(1) The audit report shall contain the audited financial
statements of the credit union for, or as of the end of, the fiscal
year, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles that the commissioner may specify, and any other
information that the commissioner may specify.
(2) The audit report shall be based upon an audit of the credit
union, conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards, and any other requirements that the commissioner may
specify.
(3) The audit report shall be prepared by an independent certified
public accountant or independent public accountant who is acceptable
to the commissioner.
(4) The audit report shall include, or be accompanied by, a
certificate or opinion of the independent certified public accountant
or independent public accountant that is satisfactory in form and
content to the commissioner. If the certificate or opinion is
qualified, the commissioner may order the credit union to take any
action that the commissioner may find necessary or advisable to
enable the independent certified public accountant or independent
public accountant to remove the qualification.
(c) A credit union with total assets of less than ten million
dollars ($10,000,000) shall, within 105 days after the end of each
fiscal year or within any extended time that the commissioner may
specify, file with the commissioner an audit report for the fiscal
year.
(d) The audit report called for in subdivision (c) may comply with
all the provisions of subdivision (b), or may consist of alternative
procedures acceptable to the commissioner. An alternative procedures
audit may be performed by any of the following:
(1) An independent certified public accountant.
(2) An independent public accountant.
(3) The credit union's supervisory committee, provided that the
audit complies with the requirements of Section 14253.
(e) Notwithstanding subdivision (d), the commissioner may reject
an alternative procedures audit that he or she determines is not
satisfactory. If the commissioner rejects an alternative procedures
audit for any reason, he or she may order a credit union to obtain an
audit that is satisfactory to the commissioner.
(f) The commissioner may, by order or regulation, either
unconditionally or upon specified terms and conditions, grant an
exemption from this section in any case where the commissioner finds
that the requirements of this section are not necessary or advisable.