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Ohio Rev Code § 117.101 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 117 | Auditor of State|Section 117.101 | Uniform Accounting Network - Fund.

Effective: September 29, 2011|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 153 - 129th General Assembly|The auditor of state shall provide, operate, and maintain a uniform and compatible computerized financial management and accounting system known as the uniform accounting network. The network shall be designed to provide public offices, other than state agencies and the Ohio education computer network and public school districts, with efficient and economical access to data processing and management information facilities and expertise. In accordance with this objective, activities of the network shall include, but not be limited to, provision, maintenance, and operation of the following facilities and services: (A) A cooperative program of technical assistance for public offices, other than state agencies and the Ohio education computer network and public school districts, including, but not limited to, an adequate computer software system and a data base;(B) An information processing service center providing approved computerized financial accounting and reporting services to participating public offices.The auditor of state and any public office, other than a state agency and the Ohio education computer network and public school districts, may enter into any necessary agreements, without advertisement or bidding, for the provision of necessary goods, materials, supplies, and services to such public offices by the auditor of state through the network.The auditor of state may, by rule, provide for a system of user fees to be charged participating public offices for goods, materials, supplies, and services received from the network. All such fees shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the uniform accounting network fund, which is hereby created. The fund shall be used by the auditor of state to pay the costs of establishing and maintaining the network. The fund shall be assessed a proportionate share of the auditor of state's administrative costs in accordance with procedures prescribed by the auditor of state.
Ohio Rev Code § 117.103 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 117 | Auditor of State|Section 117.103 | Auditor of State's System for Reporting Fraud.

Effective: November 2, 2018|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 312 - 132nd General Assembly|(A)(1) The auditor of state shall establish and maintain a system for the reporting of fraud, including misuse and misappropriation of public money, by any public office or public official. The system shall allow Ohio residents and the employees of any public office to make anonymous complaints through a toll-free telephone number, the auditor of state's web site, or the United States mail to the auditor of state's office. The auditor of state shall review all complaints in a timely manner.(2)(a) Subject to division (A)(2)(b) of this section, the auditor of state shall keep a log of all complaints filed under this section, which is a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. The log shall include the date the complaint was received, a general description of the nature of the complaint, the name of the public office or agency with regard to which the complaint is directed, and a general description of the status of the review by the auditor of state. If section 149.43 of the Revised Code or another statute provides for an applicable exemption from the definition of public record for the information recorded on the log, that information may be redacted.(b) The auditor shall not log a complaint regarding an ongoing criminal investigation, but shall log the complaint not later than thirty days after the investigation is complete.(B)(1) A public office shall provide information about the Ohio fraud-reporting system and the means of reporting fraud to each new employee upon employment with the public office. Each new employee shall confirm receipt of this information within thirty days after beginning employment. The auditor of state shall provide a model form on the auditor of state's web site to be printed and used by new public employees to sign and verify their receipt of information as required by this section. The auditor of state shall confirm, when conducting an audit under section 117.11 of the Revised Code, that new employees have been provided information as required by this division.(2) On May 4, 2012, each public office shall make all its employees aware of the fraud-reporting system required by this section.(3) Divisions (B)(1) and (2) of this section are satisfied if a public office provides information about the fraud-reporting system and the means of reporting fraud in the employee handbook or manual for the public office. An employee shall sign and verify the employee's receipt of such a handbook or manual.
Ohio Rev Code § 117.105 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 117 | Auditor of State|Section 117.105 | Notice From Auditor.

Effective: February 1, 2016|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 2 - 131st General Assembly|The auditor of state shall provide written notice to the sponsor of a community school regarding any action taken against or upcoming audits of a community school to assist the sponsor in complying with the requirements of section 3314.019 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 117.111 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 117 | Auditor of State|Section 117.111 | County Office Using Electronic Records and Signatures to Include Security Procedure in Audit.

Effective: November 5, 2004|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 204 - 125th General Assembly|(A) If a county office uses electronic records and electronic signatures under Chapter 1306. of the Revised Code, the auditor of state, in conducting an audit of that office under division (A) or (B) of section 117.11 of the Revised Code, shall inquire into the method, accuracy, and effectiveness of any security procedure adopted by that office under section 304.02 of the Revised Code.(B) As used in this section, "county office," "electronic," "electronic record," and "electronic signature" have the same meanings as in section 304.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 117.112 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 117 | Auditor of State|Section 117.112 | Audit of Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Financing Authority.

Effective: June 30, 2007|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly|The auditor of state shall audit the buckeye tobacco settlement financing authority each fiscal year in accordance with this chapter. The auditor may engage an independent certified public accountant to conduct the audit.
Ohio Rev Code § 117.113 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 117 | Auditor of State|Section 117.113 | Audit of Rc Chapter 3326 Technical Schools.

Effective: September 29, 2007|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 119 - 127th General Assembly|The auditor of state shall audit each science, technology, engineering, and mathematics school established under Chapter 3326. of the Revised Code in accordance with this chapter each fiscal year.
Ohio Rev Code § 117.115 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 117 | Auditor of State|Section 117.115 | Independent Certified Public Accountant to Perform Required Audit in Lieu of Auditor of State.

Effective: October 17, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) The auditor of state shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code under which any public office, other than a state agency, may request, and participate in the selection of, an independent certified public accountant to perform any required audit of the public office, in lieu of the auditor of state. (B) Except as provided in division (A) of this section, when the auditor of state determines that the auditor's office will not audit a public office other than a state agency, the auditor shall contract with a certified public accountant, or an official governmental audit organization to perform this audit on behalf of the auditor of state's office. (C) The auditor of state shall prescribe rules to ensure compliance by independent auditors with generally accepted government auditing standards. The auditor of state shall be granted access to the working papers of an independent auditor during the audit and after its termination. A sum totaling twenty per cent of the total audit cost shall be withheld until certification of the audit report by the auditor of state. The independent audit cost shall be borne by the office that is to be audited. Such contracts for auditing services are void, and no payment shall be issued for services received under such contracts, unless they are executed by the auditor of state.
Ohio Rev Code § 117.116 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 117 | Auditor of State|Section 117.116 | Review of Warrant Under Protest.

Effective: April 7, 2021|Latest Legislation:  Senate Bill 10 - 133rd General Assembly|The auditor of state, upon receiving notification that a county auditor has filed a warrant under protest as specified in section 319.16 of the Revised Code, may review that warrant as part of the auditor of state's next regularly scheduled audit of the public office that presented documents under that section that led to issuance of the warrant under protest.
Ohio Rev Code § 117.12 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 117 | Auditor of State|Section 117.12 | Rules for Audit Standards, Procedures, and Guidelines.

Effective: April 12, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 450 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) Any certified public accountant engaged to perform an audit pursuant to division (C) of section 117.11 of the Revised Code shall conduct the audit pursuant to the standards, procedures, and guidelines of the auditor of state for such audits. The auditor of state shall establish these standards, procedures, and guidelines by rule. The audit shall cover the period beginning with the termination date of the most recent audit conducted under this section or under section 117.11 of the Revised Code, and ending on the date specified by the auditor of state. The accountant shall inquire into the methods, accuracy, and legality of the accounts, records, files, and reports of the public office and shall note whether, in the accountant's opinion, the laws, rules, ordinances, and orders pertaining to the public office have been complied with. (B) The certified public accountant shall have no authority to make formal findings of illegality, malfeasance, or gross neglect under this section or section 117.23 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 117.131 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 117 | Auditor of State|Section 117.131 | Local Government Audit Support Fund.

Effective: October 17, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly|There is hereby created in the state treasury the local government audit support fund. The fund shall consist of revenue credited pursuant to section 131.511 of the Revised Code and any other revenue as provided by law. The appropriation for the fund shall remain at the amount designated by the general assembly. The controlling board shall not authorize additional spending from the fund in excess of any appropriation made by the general assembly. The auditor of state shall use the fund to support the cost of financial audits, performance audits, and other audits of local public offices performed pursuant to Chapter 117. of the Revised Code or as otherwise provided by law. The fund shall be used in a manner to be determined by the auditor of state to offset the audit costs that would otherwise be charged to local public offices in the absence of the fund.
Ohio Rev Code § 117.14 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 117 | Auditor of State|Section 117.14 | Annual Audit of Office of Auditor.

Effective: October 17, 2019|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 166 - 133rd General Assembly|An annual audit of the office of the auditor of state shall be made by an independent certified public accountant appointed by the governor and the chairpersons of the finance committees of the senate and the house of representatives, upon recommendation from a committee consisting of: (A) The governor or the governor's designee; (B) The chairperson of the finance committee of the senate or the chairperson's designee; (C) The chairperson of the finance committee of the house of representatives or the chairperson's designee. Not later than the thirty-first day of March immediately preceding the last day of the fiscal year to be audited, the governor and chairpersons shall make the appointment and prescribe the contract terms of the audit. On or before the fifteenth day of October, the accountant shall submit a report of the audit completed under this section for the immediately preceding fiscal year to each member of the committee. One copy of the audit report shall be filed with the state library for public inspection. The audit report is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code until it is filed with the state library. The records of the auditor of state shall be made available to the accountant. The office of budget and management shall provide staff services to the committee.
Ohio Rev Code § 117.15 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 117 | Auditor of State|Section 117.15 | Annual Audit and Inventory of State Treasury and Custodial Funds.

Effective: November 29, 1990|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 820 - 118th General Assembly|Once each year, or more often in his discretion, the auditor of state shall without previous notice audit the accounts and transactions of the office of the treasurer of state, ascertain the condition of the state treasury and the custodial funds of the treasurer of state, and make an inventory of the assets of the state treasury and the custodial funds of the treasurer of state. He shall sign his report and submit one copy each to the treasurer of state, governor, attorney general, and secretary of state. An audit report completed pursuant to this section is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code until it is submitted to the officers enumerated in this section.
Ohio Rev Code § 117.161 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 117 | Auditor of State|Section 117.161 | Joint Force Account Project Limits.

Effective: June 30, 2003|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 87 - 125th General Assembly|If the department of transportation, a county, a township, or a municipal corporation proposes a joint force account project with one or more other entities, the controlling force account limit shall be the higher limit that applies between the participating entities. The participating entities shall not aggregate their respective force account limits, and the share of each participating entity shall not exceed its respective force account limit. One of the participating entities shall complete the force account project assessment form developed by the auditor of state under section 117.16 of the Revised Code prior to proceeding by force account.The department of transportation and any county, township, or municipal corporation shall not proceed with a joint force account project if any one of the participating entities is subject to reduced force account limits under division (C) or (D) of section 117.16 of the Revised Code.As used in this section, "force account limits" has the same meaning as in section 117.16 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 117.17 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 117 | Auditor of State|Section 117.17 | Letter of Representation by Retiring Head of State Agency.

Effective: July 1, 1985|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly|Before the head of a state agency leaves office, he shall prepare, in the form prescribed by the auditor of state, a letter of representation for his successor in office. The letter shall contain an inventory of all properties, supplies, furniture, credits, and moneys, and any other thing belonging to the state, which it is the duty of such official to turn over to his successor in office or pay into the state treasury. One copy of the letter shall be delivered to the official, one copy to his successor in office, one copy to the governor, one copy to the auditor of state, and one copy to the attorney general.
Ohio Rev Code § 117.171 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 117 | Auditor of State|Section 117.171 | Certificate of Transition.

Effective: April 12, 2021|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 450 - 133rd General Assembly|(A) Before a county treasurer or fiscal officer leaves office, the county treasurer or fiscal officer shall prepare a certificate of transition, in the form and substance prescribed by the auditor of state, for the successor county treasurer or fiscal officer. For a county auditor, the certificate shall contain an inventory of items delivered in accordance with section 319.27 of the Revised Code and other information prescribed by the auditor of state. For a county treasurer, the certificate shall contain an inventory of items delivered in accordance with section 321.06 of the Revised Code and any other information prescribed by the auditor of state. For a township fiscal officer, the certificate shall contain an inventory of items delivered in accordance with section 503.28 of the Revised Code and any other information prescribed by the auditor of state. For a treasurer of a board of education, the certificate shall contain an inventory of items delivered in accordance with section 3313.28 of the Revised Code and any other information prescribed by the auditor of state. For all other fiscal officers, the certificate shall contain an inventory of items, accounts, and any other information prescribed by the auditor of state. The county treasurer or fiscal officer shall sign the certificate. The certificate shall be considered certified by the county treasurer or fiscal officer and the signature of the county treasurer or fiscal officer on the certificate shall have the same effect as though made under oath. The county treasurer or fiscal officer shall retain one copy of the certificate and shall deliver one copy of the certificate to the successor county treasurer or fiscal officer. (B) The auditor of state may test the accuracy of any certificate of transition described in this section and may report discrepancies or findings as described in sections 117.28 and 117.29 of the Revised Code. (C) Before prescribing the inventory of items, accounts, and other information to be contained in the certificate of transition, the auditor of state shall solicit input from county treasurers and fiscal officers or from their affiliated groups. (D) As used in this section, "fiscal officer" has the meaning defined in division (D) of section 5705.01 of the Revised Code.
Ohio Rev Code § 117.18 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 117 | Auditor of State|Section 117.18 | Auditor and Designated Employee - Powers.

Effective: July 1, 2009|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 525 - 127th General Assembly|(A) The auditor of state and any employee designated by the auditor of state may, in the performance of any audit, issue and serve subpoenas and compulsory process or direct service thereof by a sheriff or constable, compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of records, administer oaths, and apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to punish for disobedience of subpoena, refusal to be sworn, refusal to answer as a witness, or refusal to produce records. Sheriffs and constables shall receive the same fees as for like services in similar cases. Witnesses shall receive the same fees and mileage as witnesses are provided under section 119.094 of the Revised Code. (B) The auditor of state and any employee designated by the auditor of state may exercise any authority granted by this section on behalf of any public accountant conducting an audit pursuant to this chapter when so requested.
Ohio Rev Code § 117.19 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 117 | Auditor of State|Section 117.19 | Rules for Generally Accepted or Governmental Auditing Standards,.

Effective: July 1, 1985|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 201 - 116th General Assembly|The auditor of state shall establish and define by rule generally accepted or governmental auditing standards, including procedures for post-audit conferences with officials of the public office audited.
Ohio Rev Code § 117.191 (2021)
2021 Ohio Revised Code|Title 1 | State Government|Chapter 117 | Auditor of State|Section 117.191 | Audits of Public Children Services Agency, Private Child Placing Agency, or Private Noncustodial Agency.

Effective: October 5, 2000|Latest Legislation:  House Bill 448 - 123rd General Assembly|When the auditor of state audits a public children services agency, private child placing agency, or private noncustodial agency, all of the following shall apply:(A) On the request of the agency being audited, the auditing team shall consult with a representative of a national nonprofit organization with expertise in child welfare issues and the cost of the consultation shall be included in the cost of the audit;(B) The audit shall focus on fiscal accountability rather than clinical decision making;(C) The auditor of state shall comply with generally accepted government auditing standards when conducting the audit.