Section 53131 Of Article 7. Federally Mandated Audits Of Block Grant Funds Allocated To Local Agencies From California Government Code >> Division 2. >> Title 5. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 7.
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. As used in this article:
(a) "Qualified state and local government auditors" means those
auditors employed by state and local governments that meet the
independence requirements set forth in the federal Standards for
Audit of Governmental Organizations, Programs, Activities and
Functions.
(b) "Independent public accountants" means a certified public
accountant, or a public accountant who is licensed by the California
Board of Accountancy who holds a valid permit to practice
accountancy.
(c) "Local agency" means a city, county, city and county, special
district, joint-powers agency, public corporation, nonprofit
corporation, or any other agency that is eligible to receive federal
block grant funds.
(d) "State department" means that state organization designated by
law or agreement that allocates block grant funds to local agencies
or is otherwise responsible for administering block grant funds.
(e) "Financial and compliance audit" means an audit that complies
with the financial and compliance audit requirements of the Standards
for Audit of Governmental Organizations, Programs, Activities and
Functions published by the United States General Accounting Office.
Organization wide financial and compliance audits required by
Federal Office of Management and Budget Circulars A-102 and A-110 are
acceptable for this purpose.