LOS ANGELES - when the State of California began deal IOU's 2009 due to the lack of cash, taxpayers were predictably horrified. But only a few knew at the time, that goes even as pay you later notes, kept government agencies were also millions of dollars in interest-free loans in the form of salary aid and travel continues to staff without collect repayment.
Now, with the State budget with a view to a devastating 26.5 billion US-dollar deficit, Governor Jerry Brown requires agencies to immediately end the practice and determine employee with unpaid loans due the State how much money.
The State controller began investigating the practice two years ago and has issued several checks on the practice. In 2009, such as an audit found that 11 agencies in outstanding loans had more than $ 13 million. In many cases, the agencies not on the loan at all had collected.
"The situation the worst stereotype ineffective and inefficient Government strengthened," said Mr. Brown in a statement with the Executive order issued Wednesday. He said that he all State authorities "to immediately examine the backlog of uncollected debts and is found to owe every penny for the taxpayer." Order was
The Executive order comes, like Mr. Brown fights to get his own budget through the legislature approved. He has said time and again, that he have approved the voters tax extensions wants to go, but so far, was to secure not needed support from a handful of Republicans.
At the same time, it is Mr. Brown eager to show that he aggressively is cutting down on waste. So far this year he has executive orders cutting of State vehicle fleet and State employees issued mobile phones as well as a ban on the further dissemination of promotional items such as key chains.
Under State law, employees can hardness progress of their content and for the work travel by the Agency discretionary funds received. But many agencies had not pursued State regulations by the money from workers of paychecks. After three years, not the money without an employee's consent can be collected.
"Of the State of poor debt collection and accounting procedures are cupping is depleted public coffers at a time when important public programmes of unprecedented budget cuts, are" the State controller John Chiang, said in a statement on Wednesday.
Government officials expect that millions of dollars more unpaid loans which did not have it. So far, the State don't know is progress how much of the money from content, which should have been repaid have and how much is that travel, expenses not included were.
Other money owed the State has gone also unpaid. Found in an audit of California Highway Patrol, civil servants, for example, that the Agency not money from people, because of drink-driving and had collected, repay the State for the investigation.
Each of the audited agencies has now promised stiff their accounting procedures and delinquent accounts to turn over Office of the controller so that the money collected and can be repaid to the State General Fund.
