00                      CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 243(STA)                                                                    
01 "An Act establishing state agency program performance management and audit powers                                       
02 in the Office of the Governor for the evaluation of agency programs; and providing for                                  
03 an effective date."                                                                                                     
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1.  AS 37.07.040 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                           
06                 (10)  establish and administer a state agency program performance                                       
07       management system involving planning, performance budgeting, performance                                          
08       measurement, and program evaluation; the office shall ensure that information                                     
09       generated under this system is useful for managing and improving the efficiency and                               
10       effectiveness of agency operations.                                                                               
11    * Sec. 2.  AS 44.19.145(a) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                           
12                 (12)  conduct internal audits of agencies and programs within the                                       
13       executive branch of state government.                                                                             
14    * Sec. 3.  AS 44.19 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                    

01            Sec. 44.19.147.  Internal audit records.  The office shall keep a complete file                            
02       of internal audit reports resulting from audits conducted under AS 44.19.145(a), and a                            
03       complete file of the internal audit work papers and other related supportive material.                            
04       Internal audit work papers and other related supportive material are confidential, and                            
05       internal audit reports are confidential until released by the governor.  However,                                 
06       internal audit work papers and other related supportive material containing                                       
07       information, data, estimates, and statistics obtained during the course of an audit                               
08       conducted under AS 44.19.145(a) may be kept confidential only to the extent required                              
09       by law applicable to the agency from which the material is or was obtained.                                       
10    * Sec. 4.  This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).