Tex. Government Code § 327.003
This is the official text of Tex. Government Code § 327.003, part of Texas’s Government Code — covers the structure and operation of Texas state and local government.
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§ 327.003. SELECTION AND SUPERVISION OF AUDITOR.
Official statutory text
(a) Not later than March 1 of the year in which an efficiency audit of a state agency is scheduled under this chapter, the state auditor may contract with an external auditor to conduct the audit.
(b) The state auditor, in cooperation with the Legislative Budget Board, shall oversee the external auditor and ensure that the efficiency audit is conducted in accordance with the requirements of this chapter and the scope of the audit established under this chapter.
(c) The external auditor is not subject to direction from the state agency being audited.
(b) The state auditor, in cooperation with the Legislative Budget Board, shall oversee the external auditor and ensure that the efficiency audit is conducted in accordance with the requirements of this chapter and the scope of the audit established under this chapter.
(c) The external auditor is not subject to direction from the state agency being audited.
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