§ 10a-109z — Audit of projects.

The Board of Trustees for The University of Connecticut shall select and appoint independent auditors, as defined in subdivision (7) of section 4-230, to annually conduct an audit of any project of UConn 2000, as defined in subdivision (25) of section 10a-109c. Such audit shall review invoices, expenditures, cost allocations and other appropriate documentation in order to reconcile project costs and verify conformance with project budgets, cost allocation agreements and applicable contracts. The Board of Trustees for The University of Connecticut shall ensure that the auditors have unfettered access to any documentation the auditors need to review any such project. The auditors appointed pursuant to this section may serve in such capacity for five consecutive years and shall not be reappointed at the expiration of such period. Any such auditor appointed pursuant to this section shall not perform any nonaudit services for the university during such period. The auditors shall report annually to the General Assembly on their findings from the audits conducted pursuant to this section.

Legislative History

(P.A. 06-134, S. 1; P.A. 07-166, S. 13.) History: P.A. 06-134 effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 07-166 changed requirement that auditors review all invoices, expenditures, cost allocations and other appropriate documentation of any project of UConn 2000 to permit review of a sample of invoices, expenditures, cost allocations and other appropriate documentation, and added requirement that auditors report annually to the General Assembly on their findings from audits conducted, effective July 1, 2007.