§ 19-4-501 - General requirements. - Arkansas Statutes

19-4-501. General requirements.

(a) In order to provide necessary financial information for the Governor, members and committees of the General Assembly, and other interested state agencies, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State is directed to establish a comprehensive financial management system for appropriated and cash funds of agencies.

(b) The financial management system shall provide for an adequate control over receipts, expenditures, and balances to the end that information may always be currently available as to the financial condition of the state and its various subdivisions. The system shall:

(1) Include a modified accrual system embracing encumbrance accounting;

(2) Conform with generally accepted governmental accounting principles; and

(3) Provide a reporting system whereby actual expenditures are compared to those predicted in the agency's annual operations plan described in subchapter 6 of this chapter.

(c) In obtaining any necessary fiscal information, the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State shall have the authority to make an examination of the books and records of any agency to determine the financial condition of the agency and to report on it.