The Senate passed a bill to create more auditors.
Under the legislation, state agencies with more than $10 million annual budgets, more than 100 full-time employees or more than $10 million in annual receipts would have to hire internal auditors.
"Right now the only office of an internal auditor is in the Department of Health and Human Services," explained Sen. Kay Hagan, a Greensboro Democrat.
The internal auditors would review the need for programs; their effectiveness, costs and justification; and major systems and controls. Their work would complement that of the state auditor, who would sit on a council that oversees the new auditors.
The bill passed unanimously and heads back to the House.
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