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H. 3116

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Davenport and W.D. Smith
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\3078dw03.doc

Introduced in the House on January 14, 2003
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Legislative Audit Council, division created within to review state agencies to determine if effective and efficient

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/4/2002  House   Prefiled
   12/4/2002  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/14/2003  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-50
   1/14/2003  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-50

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/4/2002

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 2-15-130 SO AS TO CREATE A DIVISION WITHIN THE LEGISLATIVE AUDIT COUNCIL TO CONDUCT REVIEWS OF STATE AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS TO DETERMINE IF THEY ARE EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT, TO PROVIDE FOR A PROCEDURE FOR THE INITIATION OF A REVIEW, AND TO PROVIDE FOR ITS FINDINGS AFTER A REVIEW HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Title 2, Chapter 15 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 2-15-130.    (A)    There is created within the Legislative Audit Council a review division whose purpose is to conduct performance evaluations of state agencies and departments to determine whether an agency or department is effective and efficient in the performance of its duties.

(B)    In conducting these performance evaluations, the review division may consider, but is not limited to, evaluation of the following matters:

(1)    leaner, more efficient practices while increasing service and quality;

(2)    better organization and productivity;

(3)    increased ability to do more with less;

(4)    making the work safer, faster, and more rewarding;

(5)    provide a method by which the agency or department can analyze its processes and try to make improvements to them;

(6)    showing ways to improve the working environment, improving efficiencies, and teach people about ergonomics; and

(7)    reducing costs associated with new technologies.

(C)    Ten members of the General Assembly shall request in writing to the director of the Legislative Audit Council that a performance audit be conducted on a state agency or division. The director shall respond within thirty days to these members of the General Assembly the estimated time it will take to conduct the performance audit.

(D)    When the performance audit is completed, the findings of the review division must be forwarded to the Governor, Speaker of the House of Representatives, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and the members of the General Assembly requesting the audit."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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