Bill No.: SF0003 Drafter: DKG
LSO No.: 05LSO-0187 Effective Date:
Enrolled Act No.: SEA0081
Chapter No.: 184
Prime Sponsor: Management Audit Committee
Catch Title: Legislative program evaluations.
Subject: Disclosure of legislative service office program evaluations.
Summary/Major Elements:
· Specifies procedures that will allow the legislative service office and the management audit committee to disclose information from program evaluation audits that uncover apparent criminal violations.
· Allows the director of the LSO and the chairman of the management audit committee to discuss any program evaluation report with the governor at any stage of the program evaluation.
· Provides for disclosure to the attorney general of any discovery of an apparent criminal violation uncovered during a program evaluation and provides procedures for the disclosure.
· Requires the LSO to release program evaluation materials in response to a court subpoena in a criminal proceeding.