Amendment ASA1-AB722

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2001 - 2002 LEGISLATURE

ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1, TO 2001 ASSEMBLY BILL 722

February 20, 2002 - Offered by Committee on Government Operations.

AB722-ASA1,1,4 An Act to create 13.94 (1) (bm), (bp) and (br) of the statutes; relating to: management and performance evaluation audits of large programs and large agencies by, and a fraud, waste, and abuse hot line at, the legislative audit bureau.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB722-ASA1, s. 1 Section 1. 13.94 (1) (bm), (bp) and (br) of the statutes are created to read:

AB722-ASA1,1,10 13.94 (1) (bm) 1. Conduct a management and performance evaluation audit of every large program at least once each 5 years. In this paragraph "large program" means a program, as described in s. 20.003 (3), under s. 20.255 (2), 20.285 (1), 20.292 (1), 20.395 (1), (2), or (3), 20.410 (1) or (3), 20.435 (2), (3), (4), or (6), 20.445 (1) or (3), or 20.835 (1), (2), (3), or (4).

AB722-ASA1,2,9 2. The audit must include an appraisal of all management practices, operating procedures, and organizational structures related to the program. The audit may be conducted in conjunction with the audit under par. (b) or separately. Within 30 days after completion of the audit, the bureau shall file with the joint legislative audit committee, the appropriate standing committees, and the joint committee on legislative organization, under s. 13.172 (3), the governor, the department of administration, the legislative reference bureau, the joint committee on finance, the legislative fiscal bureau, and the state department, board, commission, or independent agency that administers the program audited, a detailed report thereof, including its recommendations for improvement and efficiency and including specific instances, if any, of illegal or improper expenditures.

AB722-ASA1,2,13 (bp) 1. Conduct a management and performance evaluation audit to review supervisor-to-staff ratios in every large agency at least once each 5 years. In this paragraph "large agency" means an agency created under ch. 15 and that has more than 100 full-time equivalent positions.

AB722-ASA1,2,21 2. The audit may be conducted in conjunction with the audit under par. (b) or (bm) or separately. Within 30 days after completion of the audit, the bureau shall file with the joint legislative audit committee, the appropriate standing committees, and the joint committee on legislative organization, under s. 13.172 (3), the governor, the department of administration, the legislative reference bureau, the joint committee on finance, the legislative fiscal bureau, and the state department, board, commission, or independent agency audited, a detailed report thereof, including its recommendations for improvement and efficiency.

AB722-ASA1,3,7 (br) Maintain a toll-free telephone number with voice mail at the bureau's office to receive reports of fraud, waste, or abuse in state government. The bureau shall relay these reports to the appropriate bureau employee for investigation. The bureau shall publicize the toll-free telephone number on the bureau's website. The bureau shall maintain records that permit the release of information provided by informants while protecting the identity of the informant. Any records maintained by the bureau which relate to the identity of informants shall be only for the confidential use of the bureau in the administration of this section, unless the informant expressly agrees to release the records. Appearance in court as a witness shall not be considered consent by an informant to release confidential records maintained by the bureau.

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