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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2017 S 5 SENATE BILL 735* Judiciary Committee Substitute Adopted 6/7/18 Third Edition Engrossed 6/11/18 House Committee Substitute Favorable 6/14/18 Fifth Edition Engrossed 6/15/18 Short Title: Various OLB and Administrative Law Changes. (Public) Sponsors: Referred to: May 24, 2018 1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 2 AN ACT TO MAKE VARIOUS OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING BOARD AND 3 ADMINISTRATIVE LAW CHANGES AND TO REQUIRE DISPLAY OF THE 4 NATIONAL MOTTO AND STATE MOTTO IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND DIRECTING 5 THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO GRANT A LICENSE TO PRACTICE AS A 6 SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST TO ANY INDIVIDUALS WHO HOLD THE NATIONALLY 7 CERTIFIED SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGIST CREDENTIAL. 8 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 9 10 PART I. REFORM OLB FINANCIAL REPORTING 11 SECTION 1.1. The Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight 12 Committee shall study whether the definition of "occupational licensing board" under G.S. 93B-1 13 and the definition of "occupational licensing agency" under G.S. 150B-2 should include specific 14 lists of occupational licensing boards in order to clarify which State agencies should be 15 considered occupational licensing boards for purposes of Chapter 93B and Chapter 150B of the 16 General Statutes. If the Committee determines that the definitions should include such lists, the 17 Committee shall recommend which State agencies should be included under each definition. The 18 Committee shall report the results of its study to the 2019 General Assembly. 19 SECTION 1.2. G.S. 143B-426.39 reads as rewritten: 20 "§ 143B-426.39. Powers and duties of the State Controller. 21 The State Controller shall: 22 (1) Prescribe, develop, operate, and maintain in accordance with generally 23 accepted principles of governmental accounting, a uniform state accounting 24 system for all state agencies. The system shall be designed to assure 25 compliance with all legal and constitutional requirements including those 26 associated with the receipt and expenditure of, and the accountability for 27 public funds. The State Controller may elect to review a State agency's 28 compliance with prescribed uniform State accounting system standards, as 29 well as applicable legal and constitutional requirements related to compliance 30 with such standards. 31 (2) On the recommendation of the State Auditor, prescribe and supervise the 32 installation of any changes in the accounting systems of an agency that, in the 33 judgment of the State Controller, are necessary to secure and maintain internal *S735-v-5* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2017 1 control and facilitate the recording of accounting data for the purpose of 2 preparing reliable and meaningful statements and reports. The State Controller 3 shall be responsible for seeing that a new system is designed to accumulate 4 information required for the preparation of budget reports and other financial 5 reports. 6 … 7 (19) Develop and prescribe a uniform format for the financial statements of the 8 annual financial audits required by G.S. 93B-2(b). The State Controller shall 9 prescribe the form of the financial statements, the categories and line items to 10 be reported, the accounting method to be used by the occupational licensing 11 boards, and any other criteria the State Controller deems necessary." 12 SECTION 1.3. In developing the financial statement audit reporting format for 13 occupational licensing boards required by Section 1.2 of this act, the State Controller shall consult 14 with the State Auditor and solicit feedback from occupational licensing boards. The State 15 Controller shall make the financial statement audit reporting format effective for reports 16 submitted for the 2019-2020 fiscal year at the latest. 17 SECTION 1.4. Chapter 93B of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new 18 section to read: 19 "§ 93B-2.1. Fiscal year. 20 Each occupational licensing board shall operate based on a fiscal year beginning on July 1 21 and ending on June 30." 22 SECTION 1.5. The State Controller shall consider whether to integrate occupational 23 licensing board data reports into any new standard accounting system or accounting software 24 acquired and utilized by the State. 25 SECTION 1.6. G.S. 93B-2 reads as rewritten: 26 "§ 93B-2. Annual reports and audits required; contents; open to inspection; sanction for 27 failure to report. 28 (a) No later than October 31 of each year, each occupational licensing board shall file 29 electronically with the Secretary of State, the Attorney General,the Attorney General and the 30 Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee an annual report containing all 31 of the following information: 32 (1) The address of the board, and the names of its members and officers. 33 (1a) The total number of licensees supervised by the board. 34 (2) The number of persons who applied to the board for examination. 35 (3) The number who were refused examination. 36 (4) The number who took the examination. 37 (5) The number to whom initial licenses were issued. 38 (5a) The number who failed the examination. 39 (6) The number who applied for license by reciprocity or comity. 40 (7) The number who were granted licenses by reciprocity or comity. 41 (7a) The number of official complaints received involving licensed and unlicensed 42 activities. 43 (7b) The number of disciplinary actions taken against licensees, or other actions 44 taken against nonlicensees, including injunctive relief. 45 (8) The number of licenses suspended or revoked. 46 (9) The number of licenses terminated for any reason other than failure to pay the 47 required renewal fee. 48 (10) The substance of any anticipated request by the occupational licensing board 49 to the General Assembly to amend statutes related to the occupational 50 licensing board. Page 2 Senate Bill 735*-Fifth Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2017 1 (11) The substance of any anticipated change in rules adopted by the occupational 2 licensing board or the substance of any anticipated adoption of new rules by 3 the occupational licensing board. 4 (12) The number of applicants who applied for licensure pursuant to 5 G.S. 93B-15.1(k). 6 (13) The number of licenses granted pursuant to G.S. 93B-15.1(k). 7 (b) No later than October 31 of each year, each occupational licensing board with a 8 budget of at least one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) shall file electronically with the 9 Secretary of State, the Attorney General,conduct an annual financial audit of its operations and 10 provide an electronic copy of the audit to the State Auditor, the State Controller, the Office of 11 State Budget and Management, and the Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight 12 Committee a financial report that includes the source and amount of all funds credited to the 13 occupational licensing board and the purpose and amount of all funds disbursed by the 14 occupational licensing board during the previous fiscal year.Committee. The audit shall be 15 conducted in compliance with the Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards 16 developed by the United States Government Accountability Office and provided in a form as 17 prescribed by the State Controller pursuant to G.S. 143B-426.39. 18 (c) The reports required by this section shall be open to public inspection. 19 (d) The Joint Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee shall notify any 20 board that fails to file the reports required by this section. Failure of a board to comply with the 21 reporting requirements of this section by October 31 of each year shall result in a suspension of 22 the board's authority to expend any funds until such time as the board files the required reports. 23 Suspension of a board's authority to expend funds under this subsection shall not affect the 24 board's duty to issue and renew licenses or the validity of any application or license for which 25 fees have been tendered in accordance with law. Each board shall adopt rules establishing a 26 procedure for implementing this subsection and shall maintain an escrow account into which any 27 fees tendered during a board's period of suspension under this subsection shall be deposited." 28 SECTION 1.7. G.S. 93B-4 reads as rewritten: 29 "§ 93B-4. Audit of Occupational Licensing Boards;Boards by the State Auditor; payment 30 of costs. 31 (a) The State Auditor shall audit occupational licensing boards from time to time to 32 ensure their proper operation. The books, records, and operations of each occupational licensing 33 board shall be subject to the oversight ofaudit by the State Auditor pursuant to Article 5A of 34 Chapter 147 of the General Statutes. In accordance with G.S. 147-64.7(b), the State Auditor may 35 contract with independent professionals to meet the requirements of this section. The State 36 Auditor may perform an audit pursuant to this section upon the recommendation of the Joint 37 Legislative Administrative Procedure Oversight Committee. 38 (b) Each occupational licensing board with a budget of at least fifty thousand dollars 39 ($50,000) shall conduct an annual financial audit of its operations and provide a copy to the State 40 Auditor." 41 SECTION 1.8. Sections 1.4, 1.6, and 1.7 of this part become effective July 1, 2019, 42 and apply to the fiscal year beginning on that date. The remainder of this part is effective when 43 it becomes law. 44 45 PART II. MERGER OF BARBER AND ELECTROLYSIS BOARDS 46 SECTION 2.1.(a) Chapter 86A of the General Statutes is repealed.