Section 41-5-6

Chief Examiner - Powers and duties generally.

The Chief Examiner shall be the executive and administrative head of the department and shall have the power and duty to:

(1) Exercise general supervision of and make regulations for the government of the department;

(2) Prescribe uniform rules pertaining to investigations, examinations, audits and departmental hearings;

(3) Supervise the fiscal affairs and responsibilities of the department;

(4) Appoint and remove the officers and employees of the department, subject to the provisions of the Merit System Act and the rules and regulations issued pursuant thereto;

(5) Keep an accurate and complete record of all departmental proceedings, record and file all bonds, reports and other documents and assume responsibility for the custody and preservation of all papers and documents of the department;

(6) Make recommendations and an annual report to the Governor and to the Legislative Committee on Public Accounts concerning the condition, operation, functioning and findings of the department;

(7) Invoke any legal, equitable or special remedy for the enforcement of orders or the provisions of this chapter;

(8) Exercise any other power necessary to expedite the making of thorough and accurate audits of the accounts of all persons receiving or disbursing public funds;

(9) Examine and audit the books, accounts and records of all state and county offices, officers, bureaus, boards, commissions, corporations, departments and agencies;

(10) Prepare, except with respect to county boards of education, such bookkeeping, accounting and reporting systems, procedures, records and forms as may be necessary to install a uniform system of accounting and reporting in the various state and county offices;

(11) Report to the Legislative Committee on Public Accounts and the Governor every expenditure or contract found to have been made in violation of law;

(12) Prepare, for use by the county boards of education, such bookkeeping, accounting and reporting systems, procedures, records and forms as may be necessary to the installation of a uniform system of accounting and reporting by the several county boards of education, install such bookkeeping, accounting and reporting systems in and for such county boards of education and exercise and maintain continuing supervision thereof; and

(13) Prepare and furnish to the chairmen of the county commissions of the several counties of the state a fiscal statement of each county, as of the end of each fiscal year, said statement showing receipts, disbursements, outstanding indebtedness and securities owned of and by each of the several counties.

(Acts 1947, No. 351, p. 231, §8; Acts 1951, No. 353, p. 640, §1.)