46-1127. Contract audit committee to monitor conduct of audit; written audit report; duty of confidentiality. (a) The contract audit committee shall monitor the performance of the firm or firms conducting an audit pursuant to a contract entered into under K.S.A. 46-1126, and amendments thereto, to insure that such audit is performed in accordance with the specifications developed for the conduct of such audit. The firm or firms selected to perform such audit shall submit a written audit report at the conclusion of the audit to the post auditor who shall distribute the complete audit report to members of the legislative post audit committee, the governor, the director of accounts and reports, the director of the budget, the secretary of administration, any state agency which is audited and other persons or agencies as may be required by the specifications.
(b) In the performance of such audit, the officers and employees of the firm or firms performing the audit shall be subject to the same duty of confidentiality applicable to the post auditor and officers and employees of the division of post audit under the legislative post audit act and shall have access to all books, accounts, records, files, documents and correspondence, confidential or otherwise, of any person or state agency subject to the audit.
History: L. 1980, ch. 153, § 8; L. 1984, ch. 191, § 14; L. 2018, ch. 89, § 32; July 1, 2019.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 11 - Legislative Post Audit
46-1102 Post auditor; appointment, removal, qualifications, compensation and expenses.
46-1104 Expenses and compensation of committee members; approval of vouchers and payrolls.
46-1108 Performance audits; additional fiscal audits; purposes of audits.
46-1113 Audits under 46-1114 required when directed by post audit committee.
46-1116 Crime of failure to make records available for post audit defined and classified.
46-1117 Venue for violations of 46-1116.
46-1119 Citation and construction of legislative post audit act.
46-1120a Contract audit committee successor of abolished federal audit committee.
46-1123 Procurement of firm or firms to perform an audit; procedure.
46-1125 Selection of firm or firms by contract audit committee; considerations.
46-1126 Contracts for audits; professional liability insurance; responsibilities of selected firm.
46-1128 Confidentiality of audit reports, when; exceptions.
46-1129 Confidentiality of responses to audit surveys; authorized use of information.
46-1135 Information technology audits.
46-1136 Performance audit of the Kansas public employees retirement system.