Section 18662 Of Article 1.5. Policy And Audit From California Government Code >> Division 5. >> Title 2. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 1.5.
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. (a) The board shall determine the total annual cost
associated with the board's audit authority. The board shall recover
costs by billing appointing authorities in accordance with
subdivision (b).
(b) (1) Except as specified in paragraph (2), an appointing
authority shall be charged annually a proportional share of audit
costs, based on criteria determined by the board.
(2) An appointing authority may elect to be charged for costs in
arrears incurred by the board for auditing the appointing authority's
personnel practices. Charges in arrears shall be on a basis as
determined by the board. An election pursuant to this paragraph shall
be made only within a period determined by the board.
(c) The board shall also determine the costs associated with any
special investigations conducted by the board. The board shall
recover those costs by charging an appointing authority in arrears,
on a basis as determined by the board, for any special investigation
conducted by the board.
(d) Pursuant to Section 11255, the Controller shall transfer to
the board any moneys owed to the board by any appointing authority
for charges due under this section.
(e) On or before October 1, 2014, and every October 1 thereafter,
the board shall report to the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative
Budget Committee the audit and special investigation activities of
the board pursuant to this article from the preceding fiscal year.
The board shall include in the report the following information:
(1) A summary of each audit and special investigation, including
findings.
(2) The number and total cost of audits and special
investigations, by department.