Whenever an audit of the financial affairs of a county or municipal corporation or of an officer, board, department, unit, or other political subdivision of a county or municipal corporation is made pursuant to a requirement or to an authorization otherwise provided by law, the audit report shall include the auditor’s unqualified opinion upon the presentation of the financial position and the result of the operations of the governmental unit or office which is audited. If the auditor is unable to express an unqualified opinion, he or she shall so state and shall further detail the reasons for qualification or disclaimer of opinion. All such audits shall be conducted in conformity with generally accepted government auditing standards.
History. Ga. L. 1967, p. 883, § 1; Ga. L. 1968, p. 464, § 1; Ga. L. 1994, p. 1083, § 1.
Cross references.
Minimum budget and auditing requirements for counties, municipalities, and other entities, T. 36, C. 81.
Regulation of accountants, T. 43, C. 3.
Editor’s notes.
Ga. L. 1994, p. 1083, § 6, not codified by the General Assembly, provides: “No state agency shall make or transmit any state grant funds to any local government which has failed to provide all the audits required by law within the preceding five years.
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Chapter 60 - General Provisions
§ 36-60-2. Contracts to Provide Industrial Waste-Water Treatment Services
§ 36-60-3. Restriction of Adult Bookstores and Movie Houses to Certain Areas
§ 36-60-5. Installation of Road Grates to Accommodate Bicycles
§ 36-60-8. Audit of County or Municipal Corporation or Units Thereof
§ 36-60-12.1. Fence Detection Systems; Definition; Utilization
§ 36-60-13. Multiyear Lease, Purchase, or Lease-Purchase Contracts
§ 36-60-14. Authority to Enter Into Certain One-Year, or Less, Contracts; Exception
§ 36-60-15. Property Subject to Contract for Lease Purchase or Installment Purchase
§ 36-60-15.1. Operation and Maintenance of Water Treatment Systems by Private Entities
§ 36-60-16. Separate Approval of Municipal and County Consolidation by Referendum
§ 36-60-17.2. Limited Exemption From Storm Water Fees
§ 36-60-22. Rock Quarry Operations Prohibited Under Certain Circumstances
§ 36-60-23. Volunteer Firefighters for Counties and Municipalities
§ 36-60-24. Sale or Use or Ignition of Consumer Fireworks Products
§ 36-60-25. Certificates of Public Necessity and Convenience and Medallions for Taxicabs
§ 36-60-27. Banking Improvement Zones
§ 36-60-28. Penalties for Alarm System Contractors for False Alarms
§ 36-60-29. Limitation on Decreasing Funding for Municipal Police Force; Exceptions