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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 8 Department of Audits – General powers and duties.">
  <section prefix="§" num="8" heading="Department of Audits – General powers and duties.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">In accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards and State and federal law, the City Auditor:<para num="(1)">shall at appropriate intervals conduct an audit of the financial transactions of every municipal agency, except the Department of Audits;</para>
      <para num="(2)">shall conduct an annual audit of all accounts, revenues, and receipts of the City;</para>
      <para num="(3)">shall conduct biennial audits of principal agencies, as provided in &lt;cite data-path="V|§11"&gt;§ 11 of this article&lt;/cite&gt;;</para>
      <para num="(4)">may audit the expenditure of City-granted funds by any public or private agency that receives such funds;</para>
      <para num="(5)">may audit City contracts, grants, subgrants and other agreements as required by the terms and conditions of these instruments and, when the contracts, grants, subgrants and other agreements require that audits be conducted by other auditors, review such audits; and</para>
      <para num="(6)">shall make such other audits as the Comptroller or the Board of Estimates may request, provided that those requested audits do not, in the judgment of the City Auditor, unduly hinder the performance of regular audits.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Subpoena.">
      <para num="(1)">To perform the duties of his or her office, the City Auditor may issue a subpoena to any municipal officer, municipal employee, or any other person receiving City funds to require the production of any information, document, report, record, account, or other material.</para>
      <para num="(2)">The City Auditor may enforce any subpoena issued pursuant to this subsection in any court of competent jurisdiction.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Reports.">The City Auditor shall make reports of all such audits to the Comptroller and, at the same time, to each of the other members of the Board of Estimates.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Res. 16-031, ratified Nov. 8, 2016</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Res. 20-022, ratified Nov. 3, 2020</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
