Amendment #368 to H3400

Audit of Agency Credit Cards

Representatives Jones of North Reading, Peterson of Grafton, Hill of Ipswich, Poirier of North Attleborough, deMacedo of Plymouth, Barrows of Mansfield, Beaton of Shrewsbury, Boldyga of Southwick, D'Emilia of Bridgewater, Durant of Spencer, Ferguson of Holden, Frost of Auburn, Gifford of Wareham, Howitt of Seekonk, Humason of Westfield, Hunt of Sandwich, Orrall of Lakeville, Smola of Palmer, Vieira of Falmouth, Wong of Saugus and Harrington of Groton move to amend the bill by adding the following section:-

“SECTION XX. Chapter 11 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by chapter 172 of the acts of 2011, is hereby amended by inserting after section 12 the following new section:- Section 12A. The state auditor shall conduct an annual audit of credit cards issued on behalf of any state agency. The audit shall include, but not be limited to, the number of credit cards issued by each agency, an accounting of credit cards issued to agency employees, be they actively employed or formerly employed by the agency, and the aggregate monetary amount of credit card transactions per agency. The completed audit shall be filed with the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives no later than December 31, 2013.”.