2009 Nebraska Code
Chapter 50 LEGISLATURE
50-1204 Legislative Performance Audit Committee; established; membership; officers; Legislative Performance Audit Section; established; duties.

50-1204. Legislative Performance Audit Committee; established; membership; officers; Legislative Performance Audit Section; established; duties.

(1) The Legislative Performance Audit Committee is hereby established as a special legislative committee to exercise the authority and perform the duties provided for in the Legislative Performance Audit Act. The committee shall be composed of the Speaker of the Legislature, the chairperson of the Executive Board of the Legislative Council, the chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the Legislature, and four other members of the Legislature to be chosen by the Executive Board of the Legislative Council. The executive board shall ensure that the Legislative Performance Audit Committee includes adequate geographic representation. The chairperson and vice-chairperson of the Legislative Performance Audit Committee shall be elected by majority vote. The committee shall be subject to all rules prescribed by the Legislature. The committee shall be reconstituted at the beginning of each Legislature and shall meet as needed.

(2) The Legislative Performance Audit Section is established. The section shall be administered by the Legislative Auditor, who shall ensure that performance audit work conducted by the section conforms with performance audit standards contained in the Government Auditing Standards (2007 revision) as required in section 50-1205.01. The section shall be composed of the Legislative Auditor and other employees of the Legislature employed to conduct performance audits. The section shall be the custodian of all records generated by the committee or section except as provided by section 50-1213, subsection (11) of section 77-2711, or subdivision (10)(a) of section 77-27,119. The section shall inform the Legislative Fiscal Analyst of its activities and consult with him or her as needed. The section shall operate under the general direction of the committee.

Source

Laws 1992, LB 988, § 4;
Laws 2003, LB 607, § 6;
Laws 2006, LB 588, § 2;
Laws 2006, LB 956, § 4;
Laws 2008, LB822, § 1.