8-4-109 - Audits of governmental entities Implementation and reports by agency heads.
8-4-109. Audits of governmental entities Implementation and reports by agency heads.
(a) (1) The comptroller of the treasury shall keep no accounts in the department of audit, but shall conduct a continuous post audit of the accounts, books, records, and other evidences of financial transactions kept in the department of revenue, the state treasurer's office, or in the other departments, institutions, offices and agencies of the state government.
(2) The comptroller of the treasury is hereby authorized to audit any books and records of any governmental entity created under and by virtue of the statutes of the state of Tennessee which handles public funds when such audit is deemed necessary or appropriate by the comptroller of the treasury. The comptroller of the treasury shall have the full cooperation of officials of the governmental entity in the performance of such audit or audits.
(b) When the comptroller of the treasury conducts an audit of the accounts, books, records, and other evidences of financial transactions of any department, agency, or institution of the state, it shall be the duty of the officer who is the administrative head of such department, agency, or institution to report to the comptroller of the treasury, in writing, the action that has been taken to implement the recommendations of the comptroller of the treasury relative to the effective and efficient management of such accounts, books, records, or other evidences of financial transactions, or to state the reasons and justifications for disagreement with the recommendations proposed by the office of the comptroller of the treasury. The time and procedure for filing such reports shall be prescribed by the comptroller of the treasury.
(c) Upon the failure of such officer to timely implement such recommendations or to submit the report required by subsection (b), the comptroller of the treasury shall notify the chairs of the finance, ways and means committees of the general assembly, who shall review such failure to timely implement or report and shall take such steps as they deem necessary.
[Acts 1937, ch. 33, § 73; 1939, ch. 11, § 41; C. Supp. 1950, § 255.73 (Williams, § 255.78); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 8-408, 8-422; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 14; Acts 1963, ch. 93, § 1; 1979, ch. 151, § 1; T.C.A., § 8-409.]