Report 2009-043 Recommendation 24 Responses

Report 2009-043: Board of Pilot Commissioners for the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo and Suisun: It Needs to Develop Procedures and Controls Over Its Operations and Finances to Ensure That It Complies With Legal Requirements (Release Date: November 2009)

Recommendation #24 To: Pilot Commissioners for the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo and Suisun, Board of

To ensure that its expenditures are appropriate, the board should cease reimbursing pilots for business-class travel when they fly for training and amend its contract with the Bar Pilots accordingly.

Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From December 2011

On May 25, 2011, following review by the California Highway Patrol of the Board's proposed amendment, the Board and the San Francisco Bar Pilots amended their existing contract to specify that travel to Board-mandated training would be reimbursed at the rate of the most economical, refundable airfare. A copy of the amended contract is attached. (See 2011-041, p. 136)

California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Fully Implemented

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All Recommendations in 2009-043

Agency responses received after June 2013 are posted verbatim.