California Code
DIVISION 1 - GENERAL
CHAPTER 6.5 - California State Auditor

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 8543. - 8543. (a) There is hereby created in state government the...

Section 8543.1. - 8543.1. The duties of the California State Auditor’s Office are...

Section 8543.2. - 8543.2. (a) The head of the office is the California...

Section 8543.3. - 8543.3. The California State Auditor shall be chosen without reference...

Section 8543.4. - 8543.4. In administering the fiscal policies of the California State...

Section 8543.5. - 8543.5. The Chief Deputy California State Auditor shall be appointed...

Section 8543.6. - 8543.6. The California State Auditor may be removed for cause...

Section 8543.7. - 8543.7. (a) The annual salary for the California State Auditor...

Section 8544. - 8544. (a) Consistent with subdivision (i) of Section 8546, the...

Section 8544.2. - 8544.2. Persons employed by the office pursuant to Section 8544.1...

Section 8544.3. - 8544.3. All persons employed by the office pursuant to Section...

Section 8544.4. - 8544.4. The permanent office of the California State Auditor shall...

Section 8544.5. - 8544.5. (a) There is hereby established in the State Treasury...

Section 8544.6. - 8544.6. All unreimbursed expenditures of the office are defined as...

Section 8545. - 8545. The California State Auditor shall not destroy any papers...

Section 8545.1. - 8545.1. (a) The California State Auditor, and any employee or...

Section 8545.2. - 8545.2. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the California...

Section 8545.3. - 8545.3. It is a misdemeanor for the California State Auditor...

Section 8545.4. - 8545.4. (a) In connection with any audit or investigation conducted...

Section 8545.5. - 8545.5. (a) The superior court in the county in which...

Section 8545.6. - 8545.6. Any officer, employee, or person who, with intent to...

ARTICLE 2 - Powers and Duties

Section 8546. - 8546. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

Section 8546.1. - 8546.1. (a) The California State Auditor shall conduct financial and...

Section 8546.2. - 8546.2. (a) The California State Auditor shall request that any...

Section 8546.3. - 8546.3. The California State Auditor shall examine and report annually...

Section 8546.4. - 8546.4. (a) The California State Auditor shall annually issue an...

Section 8546.5. - 8546.5. (a) The California State Auditor may establish a high-risk...

Section 8546.6. - 8546.6. The California State Auditor, in connection with any audit...

Section 8546.7. - 8546.7. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, every contract involving...

Section 8546.8. - 8546.8. Unless the contrary is stated or clearly appears from...

Section 8546.10. - 8546.10. (a) The California State Auditor may establish a high-risk...

ARTICLE 3 - California Whistleblower Protection Act

Section 8547. - 8547. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 8547.1. - 8547.1. The Legislature finds and declares that state employees should...

Section 8547.2. - 8547.2. For the purposes of this article, the following terms...

Section 8547.3. - 8547.3. (a) An employee may not directly or indirectly use...

Section 8547.4. - 8547.4. The State Auditor shall administer this article and shall...

Section 8547.5. - 8547.5. (a) The California State Auditor shall create the means...

Section 8547.6. - 8547.6. (a) The State Auditor may request the assistance of...

Section 8547.7. - 8547.7. (a) If, after investigating an allegation, the State Auditor...

Section 8547.8. - 8547.8. (a) A state employee or applicant for state employment...

Section 8547.9. - 8547.9. Notwithstanding Section 19572, if the State Personnel Board determines...

Section 8547.10. - 8547.10. (a) A University of California employee, including an officer...

Section 8547.11. - 8547.11. (a) A University of California employee, including an officer...

Section 8547.12. - 8547.12. (a) A California State University employee, including an officer...

Section 8547.13. - 8547.13. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Agency” means...

Section 8547.15. - 8547.15. An action for damages pursuant to this article shall...

ARTICLE 3.5 - Whistleblower Information

Section 8548. - 8548. For purposes of this article, “state agency” means every...

Section 8548.1. - 8548.1. No later than April 1, 2002, the State Auditor...

Section 8548.2. - 8548.2. The State Auditor shall prepare for distribution to each...

Section 8548.3. - 8548.3. On July 1, 2002, and annually thereafter, every state...

Section 8548.4. - 8548.4. The California State Auditor shall post the information described...

Section 8548.5. - 8548.5. The intentional failure of a state agency to comply...

ARTICLE 4 - Omnibus Audit Accountability Act of 2006

Section 8548.7. - 8548.7. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 8548.9. - 8548.9. (a) The State Auditor shall, by January 15th of...