AB 400

This bill requires that all executive and judicial branch state agencies submit

reports on their fiscal condition and operations to the Joint Legislative Audit

Committee (JLAC). Under the bill, one-quarter of all the state agencies must submit

the report and appear before the JLAC each quarter. The report must report on the

agency's fiscal condition and operational health, and must include agency balance

sheets, an accounting of all agency expenditures exceeding $100, the number of

persons employed by the agency, aggregate payroll data, and a list of all programs

administered by the agency, as well as an explanation of each program and an

identification of the statutory provision requiring the program. The report must

further include data relating to employee salary growth and benefit costs. The report

is in addition to any other reports that state agencies are currently required to

prepare by law.

The JLAC cochairpersons may determine which state agencies are required to

submit the report and appear before JLAC in any given quarter, but no agency may

be required to appear before JLAC more than once in a fiscal year. Under the bill,

the JLAC cochairpersons must provide each state agency at least 15 business days'

notice of its scheduled appearance before JLAC and must provide a copy of the notice

to the governor and to each senator and representative to the assembly. If the chief

administrative officer of a state agency is unable to appear at a quarterly meeting,

the chief administrative officer must notify the JLAC cochairpersons at least 72

hours before a public notice for a committee hearing is required to be published and

must attend the next quarterly meeting of JLAC.