4.__Reports.__For each complaint under this section, the State Auditor shall submit a written report to the Governor and publish the report on the auditor's publicly accessible website.__The report must include a detailed description of the nature of the complaint, the office, bureau or division within the department or any agency that is the subject of the complaint, the determination of potential cost savings, if any, any recommended action and a statement indicating the degree to which the complaint has been substantiated.__The report must be submitted no later than 120 days after the State Auditor receives the complaint.__In addition, the State Auditor shall publish a semiannual report to the Governor and Legislature of the complaints received by the hotline or other referral service, which may be electronically published.__The report must include the following information:

A.__The total number of complaints received;

B.__The number of referrals of fraud or other criminal conduct to the Attorney General;

C.__The number of referrals of agency performance issues to the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability; and

D.__The number of investigations by the State Auditor by current status whether opened, pending, completed or closed.

5.__Repeal.__This section is repealed July 1, 2009.

Sec. 3. Establishment of referral criteria; report. Prior to commencement of a hotline or other referral service established by the State Auditor to receive complaints of fraud, waste, inefficiency or abuse in State Government, the State Auditor, the Attorney General and the Director of the Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability shall work together to establish criteria for the referral of such complaints received and coordination of the response between the appropriate agencies. The State Auditor shall report the results of this effort to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over state and local government matters no later than 30 days following development of the criteria or at the next meeting convenient for the committee to receive the report.