§ 35-14-6. Annual report.
(a) To ensure that the requirements of this chapter are fully complied with, the head
of each agency shall prepare and submit a report on the adequacy of the agency's systems
of internal accounting and administrative control by December 31 of each year.
(b) The report, including the state agency's response to report recommendations, shall
be signed by the head of the agency and addressed to the governor. Copies of the reports
shall be forwarded to the legislature, the auditor general, and the director. Copies
of these reports shall also be forwarded to the state library, where they
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§ 35-14-6. Annual report.
(a) To ensure that the requirements of this chapter are fully complied with, the head
of each agency shall prepare and submit a report on the adequacy of the agency's systems
of internal accounting and administrative control by December 31 of each year.
(b) The report, including the state agency's response to report recommendations, shall
be signed by the head of the agency and addressed to the governor. Copies of the reports
shall be forwarded to the legislature, the auditor general, and the director. Copies
of these reports shall also be forwarded to the state library, where they shall be
available for public inspection.
(c) By January 1, 1987, the director, in consultation with the auditor general and the
controller, shall establish a system of reporting and a general framework to guide
the agencies in performing evaluations on their systems of internal accounting and
administrative control. The director, in consultation with the auditor general and
the controller, may modify the format for the report or the framework for conducting
the evaluations from time to time as deemed necessary.
(d) Any material inadequacy or material weakness in an agency's systems of internal accounting
and administrative control which prevents the head of the agency from stating that
the agency's systems of internal accounting and administrative control provided reasonable
assurances that each of the objectives specified in § 35-14-4 was achieved shall be identified and the plans and schedule for correcting the inadequacy
described in detail.