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...(A) If a county office uses electronic records and electronic signatures under Chapter 1306. of the Revised Code, the auditor of state, in conducting an audit of that office under division (A) or (B) of section 117.11 of the Revised Code, shall inquire into the method, accuracy, and effectiveness of any security procedure adopted by that office under section 304.02 of the Revised Code. (B) As used in this section, "...

...The auditor of state shall audit the buckeye tobacco settlement financing authority each fiscal year in accordance with this chapter. The auditor may engage an independent certified public accountant to conduct the audit.

...(A) The auditor of state shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code under which any public office, other than a state agency, may request, and participate in the selection of, an independent certified public accountant to perform any required audit of the public office, in lieu of the auditor of state. (B) Except as provided in division (A) of this section, when the auditor of state deter...

... The auditor of state, upon receiving notification that a county auditor has filed a warrant under protest as specified in section 319.16 of the Revised Code, may review that warrant as part of the auditor of state's next regularly scheduled audit of the public office that presented documents under that section that led to issuance of the warrant under protest.

... (A) Any certified public accountant engaged to perform an audit pursuant to division (C) of section 117.11 or section 117.56 of the Revised Code shall conduct the audit pursuant to the standards, procedures, and guidelines of the auditor of state for such audits. The auditor of state shall establish these standards, procedures, and guidelines by rule. The audit shall cover the period beginning with the termination d...

...(A) The total costs of audits of state agencies, both direct and indirect, shall be recovered by the auditor of state in the following manner: (1) The total costs of all audits of state agencies, both direct and indirect, shall be paid to the auditor of state on statements rendered by the auditor of state. Money so received by the auditor of state shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the public au...

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the local government audit support fund. The fund shall consist of revenue credited pursuant to section 131.511 of the Revised Code and any other revenue as provided by law. The appropriation for the fund shall remain at the amount designated by the general assembly. The controlling board shall not authorize additional spending from the fund in excess of any appropriation...

...An annual audit of the office of the auditor of state shall be made by an independent certified public accountant appointed by the governor and the chairpersons of the finance committees of the senate and the house of representatives, upon recommendation from a committee consisting of: (A) The governor or the governor's designee; (B) The chairperson of the finance committee of the senate or the chairperson's desi...

...Once each year, or more often in his discretion, the auditor of state shall without previous notice audit the accounts and transactions of the office of the treasurer of state, ascertain the condition of the state treasury and the custodial funds of the treasurer of state, and make an inventory of the assets of the state treasury and the custodial funds of the treasurer of state. He shall sign his report and submit...

... (A) The auditor of state shall do all of the following: (1) Develop a force account project assessment form that each public office that undertakes force account projects shall use to estimate or report the cost of a force account project. The form shall include costs for employee salaries and benefits, any other labor costs, materials, freight, fuel, hauling, overhead expense, workers' compensation premiums, and...

...If the department of transportation, a county, a township, or a municipal corporation proposes a joint force account project with one or more other entities, the controlling force account limit shall be the higher limit that applies between the participating entities. The participating entities shall not aggregate their respective force account limits, and the share of each participating entity shall not exceed its r...

...Before the head of a state agency leaves office, he shall prepare, in the form prescribed by the auditor of state, a letter of representation for his successor in office. The letter shall contain an inventory of all properties, supplies, furniture, credits, and moneys, and any other thing belonging to the state, which it is the duty of such official to turn over to his successor in office or pay into the state treasu...

... (A) Before a county treasurer or fiscal officer leaves office, the county treasurer or fiscal officer shall prepare a certificate of transition, in the form and substance prescribed by the auditor of state, for the successor county treasurer or fiscal officer. For a county auditor, the certificate shall contain an inventory of items delivered in accordance with section 319.27 of the Revised Code and other informatio...

...(A) The auditor of state and any employee designated by the auditor of state may, in the performance of any audit, issue and serve subpoenas and compulsory process or direct service thereof by a sheriff or constable, compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of records, administer oaths, and apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to punish for disobedience of subpoena, refusal to be sworn, refus...

...The auditor of state shall establish and define by rule generally accepted or governmental auditing standards, including procedures for post-audit conferences with officials of the public office audited.

...When the auditor of state audits a public children services agency, private child placing agency, or private noncustodial agency, all of the following shall apply: (A) On the request of the agency being audited, the auditing team shall consult with a representative of a national nonprofit organization with expertise in child welfare issues and the cost of the consultation shall be included in the cost of the audit; ...

...(A) In adopting rules pursuant to Chapter 117. of the Revised Code, the auditor of state or the auditor of state's designee shall do both of the following: (1) Before adopting any such rule, except a rule of an emergency nature, do each of the following: (a) At least thirty-five days before any public hearing on the proposed rule-making action, mail or send by electronic mail notice of the hearing to each pub...

...The auditor of state shall have access to all work papers, documents, and materials prepared by a public accountant in the course of his audit of a public office. The work papers, documents, and materials shall be retained by the public accountant for a period of three years from the release date of the audit report of the auditor of state, except as otherwise specified by the auditor of state.

...The public accountant conducting an audit under this chapter may request the auditor of state, the chief deputy auditor of state, or an auditor or investigator of the auditor of state, to exercise any authority granted under section 117.18 of the Revised Code for the purpose of assisting in the conduct of the audit.

...The report of a public office that is prepared by a public accountant shall be made and signed by the accountant in charge of the audit and filed in the offices of the auditor of state.

...The auditor of state shall analyze the report of the public accountant who has audited a public office to determine whether any public money has been illegally expended, any public money collected has not been accounted for, any public money due has not been collected, or any public property has been converted or misappropriated. In addition, the auditor of state or his appointee shall determine whether there has bee...

...The auditor of state shall incorporate the report of the public accountant and the results of the analysis performed pursuant to section 117.24 of the Revised Code in a report which shall constitute an audit report for purposes of this chapter.

...Certified copies of completed audit reports shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the legislative authority, clerk of the governing body, executive officer of the governing body, and chief fiscal officer of the audited public office. Except as otherwise provided in sections 117.14 and 117.15 of the Revised Code, an audit report is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code until copies of the...

...A certified copy of the audit report referred to in section 117.26 of the Revised Code shall be filed with the officer required by state law, municipal or county charter, or municipal ordinance to act as legal counsel to the officers of the public office. If no officer is required by state law, municipal or county charter, or municipal ordinance to act as legal counsel, a copy shall be filed with the prosecuting atto...

...Where an audit report sets forth that any public money has been illegally expended, or that any public money collected has not been accounted for, or that any public money due has not been collected, or that any public property has been converted or misappropriated, the officer receiving the certified copy of the report pursuant to section 117.27 of the Revised Code may, within one hundred twenty days after receiving...