CHAPTER 6.5. California State Auditor [8543. - 8548.9.]
Heading of Chapter 6.5 amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 281, Sec. 4.
§§ 8543–8548.9 · 56 sections
ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 8543–8545.6 · 22 sections
- § 8543 (a) There is hereby created in state government the California State Auditor’s Office under the direction of the Milton Marks “Little Hoover” Commission on…
- § 8543.1 The duties of the California State Auditor’s Office are to examine and report annually upon the financial statements prepared by the executive branch of the…
- § 8543.2 (a) The head of the office is the California State Auditor, who shall be appointed by the Governor from a list of three qualified individuals nominated by the…
- § 8543.3 The California State Auditor shall be chosen without reference to party affiliation and solely on the ground of fitness to perform the duties of the office of…
- § 8543.4 In administering the fiscal policies of the California State Auditor’s Office, for each fiscal year, the office shall provide the Department of Finance with…
- § 8543.5 The Chief Deputy California State Auditor shall be appointed by the California State Auditor. The Chief Deputy California State Auditor shall carry out those…
- § 8543.6 The California State Auditor may be removed for cause at any time by concurrent resolution of the Legislature. A California State Auditor removed pursuant to…
- § 8543.7 (a) The annual salary for the California State Auditor shall be equal to that of agency secretaries of the executive branch of government pursuant to Section…
- § 8544 (a) Consistent with subdivision (i) of Section 8546, the California State Auditor may employ and fix the compensation, in accordance with Article VII of the…
- § 8544.1 (a) (1) The California State Auditor shall require fingerprint images and related information from a prospective employee whose duties include or would include…
- § 8544.2 Persons employed by the office pursuant to Section 8544.1 shall be allowed to enroll in the Public Employees’ Medical and Hospital Care Act contained in Part 5…
- § 8544.3 All persons employed by the office pursuant to Section 8544.1 who were members of the Public Employees’ Retirement System as of November 3, 1992, shall retain…
- § 8544.4 The permanent office of the California State Auditor shall be in Sacramento or within a two-mile radius of the State Capitol Building, where they shall be…
- § 8544.5 (a) There is hereby established in the State Treasury the State Audit Fund. Notwithstanding Section 13340, the State Audit Fund is continuously appropriated…
- § 8544.6 All unreimbursed expenditures of the office are defined as “administrative costs” defined in Section 11270.
- § 8545 The California State Auditor shall not destroy any papers or memoranda used to support a completed audit sooner than three years after the audit report is…
- § 8545.1 (a) The California State Auditor, and any employee or former employee of the office, shall not divulge or make known to any person not employed by the office…
- § 8545.2 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the California State Auditor during regular business hours shall have access to and authority to examine and…
- § 8545.3 It is a misdemeanor for the California State Auditor or any employee of the California State Auditor to release any information received pursuant to Section…
- § 8545.4 (a) In connection with any audit or investigation conducted by the California State Auditor, the California State Auditor, or his or her designee, may do any…
- § 8545.5 (a) The superior court in the county in which any interview is held under the direction of the California State Auditor or his or her designee has jurisdiction…
- § 8545.6 Any officer, employee, or person who, with intent to deceive or defraud, commits obstruction of the California State Auditor in the performance of his or her…
ARTICLE 2. Powers and Duties §§ 8546–8546.11 · 11 sections
- § 8546 It is the intent of the Legislature that the California State Auditor’s Office have the independence necessary to conduct all of its audits in conformity with…
- § 8546.1 (a) The California State Auditor shall conduct financial and performance audits as directed by statute. The California State Auditor may conduct these audits…
- § 8546.2 (a) The California State Auditor shall request that any state agency, as defined in Section 11000, whether created by the California Constitution or otherwise,…
- § 8546.3 The California State Auditor shall examine and report annually upon the financial statements otherwise prepared by the executive branch of the state so that…
- § 8546.4 (a) The California State Auditor shall annually issue an auditor’s report based upon the general purpose financial statements included in the Controller’s…
- § 8546.5 (a) The California State Auditor may establish a high-risk government agency audit program for the purpose of identifying, auditing, and issuing reports on any…
- § 8546.6 The California State Auditor, in connection with any audit or investigation conducted pursuant to this chapter, shall be deemed to be a department head for the…
- § 8546.7 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, every contract involving the expenditure of public funds in excess of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) entered into…
- § 8546.8 Unless the contrary is stated or clearly appears from the context, any reference to the Auditor General or the Office of the Auditor General in any statute or…
- § 8546.10 (a) The California State Auditor may establish a high-risk local government agency audit program for the purpose of identifying, auditing, and issuing reports…
- § 8546.11 (a) The California State Auditor shall conduct an audit of the County of Mendocino by January 1, 2026, which shall include, but not be limited to, all of the…
ARTICLE 3. California Whistleblower Protection Act §§ 8547–8547.15 · 15 sections
- § 8547 This article shall be known and may be cited as the “California Whistleblower Protection Act.”
- § 8547.1 The Legislature finds and declares that state employees should be free to report waste, fraud, abuse of authority, violation of law, or threat to public health…
- § 8547.2 For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) (1) “Employee” means either of the following: (A) An individual…
- § 8547.3 (a) An employee may not directly or indirectly use or attempt to use the official authority or influence of the employee for the purpose of intimidating,…
- § 8547.4 The State Auditor shall administer this article and shall investigate and report on improper governmental activities. If, after investigating, the State…
- § 8547.5 (a) The California State Auditor shall create the means for the submission of allegations of improper governmental activity both by transmission via mail or…
- § 8547.6 (a) The State Auditor may request the assistance of any state department, agency, or employee in evaluating an allegation or conducting any investigation of an…
- § 8547.7 (a) If, after investigating an allegation, the California State Auditor finds that a state agency or employee may have engaged or participated in an improper…
- § 8547.8 (a) A state employee or applicant for state employment who files a written complaint with his or her supervisor, manager, or the appointing power alleging…
- § 8547.9 Notwithstanding Section 19572, if the State Personnel Board determines that there is a reasonable basis for an alleged violation, or finds an actual violation…
- § 8547.10 (a) A University of California employee, including an officer or faculty member, or applicant for employment may file a written complaint with his or her…
- § 8547.11 (a) A University of California employee, including an officer or faculty member, may not directly or indirectly use or attempt to use the official authority or…
- § 8547.12 (a) A California State University employee, including an officer or faculty member, or applicant for employment may file a written complaint with his or her…
- § 8547.13 (a) As used in this section: (1) “Agency” means the Supreme Court, the courts of appeal, the superior courts, or the Administrative Office of the Courts. (2)…
- § 8547.15 An action for damages pursuant to this article shall not be subject to the claims presentation requirements of the Government Claims Act (Division 3.6…
ARTICLE 3.5. Whistleblower Information §§ 8548–8548.5 · 6 sections
- § 8548 For purposes of this article, “state agency” means every state office, officer, department, division, bureau, board, and commission, including the California…
- § 8548.1 No later than April 1, 2002, the State Auditor shall prepare for state employees a written explanation of the California Whistleblower Protection Act contained…
- § 8548.2 The State Auditor shall prepare for distribution to each state agency in an electronic format a notice containing the information in the written explanation…
- § 8548.3 On July 1, 2002, and annually thereafter, every state agency shall send the information contained in the notice by electronic mail to its employees who have…
- § 8548.4 The California State Auditor shall post the information described in Section 8548.1 on the Internet Web site of the California State Auditor’s Office.
- § 8548.5 The intentional failure of a state agency to comply with any provision of this article shall constitute an improper governmental activity for purposes of…
ARTICLE 4. Omnibus Audit Accountability Act of 2006 §§ 8548.7–8548.9 · 2 sections