Indiana Code
Chapter 12. Modernization of County Records Systems
5-11-12-3. Approval and Certification of Systems; Purpose of Act

Sec. 3. The state board of accounts shall approve and certify only such systems and methods of accounts and records which are uniform as to the several counties having substantially similar accounting problems in reference to such offices and which will permit of the use of modern office equipment, provide for a progressive audit, insure a complete and accurate report of government receipts and disbursements, detect error, make fraud difficult, save labor (clerical and other), trace wastes and compare efficiencies, and summarize results in such a manner that the most efficient management of government affairs will be clearly indicated, it being the declared purpose of this chapter to permit the modernization of such accounting system in keeping with the improvement of standards of business efficiency and competency and which will preserve and make as readily available to the public and officials the information required by law to be kept and preserved and made available in the offices affected.
Formerly: Acts 1937, c.203, s.3. As amended by P.L.25-1986, SEC.44.

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