8543.1.
The duties of the California State Auditor’s Office Bureau of State Audits are to examine and report annually upon the financial statements prepared by the executive branch of the state state, and to perform other related assignments, including performance audits, that are mandated by statute. For the purposes of this chapter “office” “bureau” means the “California State Auditor’s Office,” “Bureau of State Audits,” unless the context clearly requires otherwise. that a different meaning be given to the term.