HB 1730 -- Audit Authority Sponsor: Stevenson Under current law, audits are required to be conducted by the State Auditor or a certified public accountant for certain political subdivisions, offices, and funds. This bill makes the audits discretionary rather than mandatory for the following: (1) Accounts of county officers in counties without an elected county auditor; (2) Political subdivisions, upon petition of the requisite percent of qualified voters; (3) Revenue Sharing Trust Fund; (4) Missouri County Employees' Retirement System; (5) Prosecuting Attorneys and Circuit Attorneys' Retirement Fund; (6) Sheriffs' Retirement Fund; (7) County Advertising and Tourism Promotion Trust Fund; (8) Missouri Local Government Employees' Retirement System; (9) Missouri Access to Higher Education Trust Fund; (10) State Milk Inspection Fee Fund; (11) Working Capital Revolving Fund; (12) Transportation development districts; (13) Division of Geology and Land Survey; (14) Department of Revenue; and (15) Fire protection districts in St. Louis and Greene counties.Copyright (c) Missouri House of Representatives