Chapter 11

Section 1. (a) There shall be a department of the state auditor, under the supervision and control of the state auditor, which shall be organized as provided in this chapter. The state auditor shall receive a salary of $165,000 and an additional amount to be adjusted biennially t…

Section 12. The department of the state auditor shall audit the accounts, programs, activities and functions directly related to the aforementioned accounts of all departments, offices, commissions, institutions and activities of the commonwealth, including those of districts and…

Section 13. The state auditor may enter into agreements or contracts with the federal government or its agencies, or state agencies, acting in behalf thereof for the purpose of conducting mutual financial audits of programs funded in whole or in part by the federal government and…

Section 16. There shall be in the office of the state auditor a bureau of special investigations, headed by a director, who shall be appointed by the state auditor, and who shall be a person of ability and experience and shall devote his entire time to the duties of the office. S…

Section 17. The director shall initiate investigations and investigate complaints, including complaints initiated by recipients, which indicate the possibility of either a fraudulent claim for payment or services under any assistance program administered by the department of tran…

Section 2. The state auditor shall appoint a first deputy auditor who shall perform such duties as may be assigned him by the auditor and who may be removed by him for cause at any time. If, by reason of sickness, absence or other cause, the auditor is temporarily unable to perfo…

Section 5. The state auditor may appoint and may for cause remove a second, third and fourth deputy auditor, administrator of field operations of state audits and an administrator of field operations of authority audits.

Section 6. The state auditor may appoint and remove such employees as the work of the department may require. Said employees shall be organized in five divisions, namely, the division of state audits, the division of authority audits, the division of federal audits, the division …

Section 6A. The state auditor shall file an annual report not later than the first Wednesday in February with the senate and house committees on ways and means containing the job classification, duties and salary of each officer and employee within the department and all personne…

Section 6B. The division of local mandates, as provided for in section six of this chapter, shall have the responsibility of determining to the best of its ability and in a timely manner the estimated and actual financial effects on each city and town of laws, and rules and regul…