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or nonprofit corporation are expended for the purposes for which | | they were allocated, appropriated or contracted. When authorized | | by the committee, the office also may examine or direct an | | examination of any state contractor financed in whole or part by | | public funds and any expenditure by any public official or public | | employee during the course of public duty, including, but not | | limited to, any expenditure of private money for the purposes of | | the agency or other entity. |
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| | | Sec. GGGG-2. 3 MRSA §992, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 702, §2, | | is amended to read: |
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| | | 4. Other entity. "Other entity" means any public or private | | entity in this State that may be subject to program evaluation | | under this chapter as the result of its receipt or expenditure of | | public funds. "Other entity" may include local and county | | governments, quasi-municipal governments, special districts, | | utility districts, regional development agencies or any municipal | | or nonprofit corporation. |
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| | | Sec. GGGG-3. 3 MRSA §992, sub-§5, as amended by PL 2003, c. 463, §1, | | is further amended to read: |
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| | | 5. Program evaluation. "Program evaluation" means an | | examination of any government program that includes performance | audits, management analysis, inspections, operations or | or examinations of efficiency, effectiveness,and, | when determined necessary by the committee, financial audits and | post-auditsAll financial audits and post-audits must be | performed by the Department of Audit or, if the Department of | Audit is unable to perform the audit within the time frame | established by the committee to complete the report, a qualified | auditor. |
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| | | Sec. GGGG-4. 3 MRSA §994, sub-§3-A is enacted to read: |
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| | | 3-A.__Auditing services.__When the committee determines that | | an examination as part of a program evaluation requires the | | services of a qualified auditor, to request the Department of | | Audit to conduct all or part of an examination or, if the | | Department of Audit is unable to perform the examination within | | the time frame established by the committee, to direct the office | | to obtain the services of a qualified auditor; |
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| | | Sec. GGGG-5. 3 MRSA §994, sub-§9, as enacted by PL 2001, c. 702, §2, | | is amended to read: |
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| | | 9. Meetings. To conduct meetings at such times as the | cochairs determine necessary; and |
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