O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 50-6-7 (2019)

State officials to produce books, records, and other papers to the state auditor for examination

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

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All officers, agents, employees, departments, institutions, commissions, authorities, and bureaus of the state shall produce and turn over to the state auditor or his or her assistants for examination and audit, whenever demanded by the state auditor, all of their books, records, accounts, vouchers, warrants, bills, and other papers dealing with or reflecting upon the financial transactions and management of such department, institution, agency, commission, authority, bureau, or office, including any and all cash on hand, but not including cash in banks, the amount of cash in banks to be ascertained by certificate furnished to the state auditor by the bank.

History

Ga. L. 1923, Ex. Sess., p. 7, § 7; Code

1933, § 40-1808; Ga. L. 2005, p. 694, § 5/HB 293; Ga. L. 2008, p. 522, § 2/SB 300.

Annotations

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Audit billeting funds or armory rentals of DOD. - Funds collected by

the Department of Defense (DOD) as billeting funds or armory rentals pursuant to

regulations issued under O.C.G.A. § 38-2195 are state funds which may be retained by DOD. The management of the funds is subject to requirements of the Office of

Planning and Budget, the State Auditor, and the State Depository Board. 1993 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 93-4.

RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. Construction and application, under

state law, of doctrine of “executive privilege,” 10 A.L.R.4th 355.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 2018–2018 · leading case: Ga. Ports Auth. v. Lawyer, 821 S.E.2d 22 (Ga. 2018).

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Ga. Ports Auth. v. Lawyer, 821 S.E.2d 22 (Ga. 2018). · cites it 2× “Upon demand, the Ports Authority is required to produce "all of [its] books, records, accounts, vouchers, warrants, bills, and other papers dealing with or reflecting upon the financial transactions and management of [the Ports Authority]" to the State Auditor.”

Georgia Ports Auth. v. Lawyer, 304 Ga. 667 (Ga. 2018). · cites it 2× “OCGA § 50-6-7. All of these circumstances tend to suggest that the State has considerable control over the Ports Authority.”

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