Report 2009-043 Recommendation 22 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 #22 To: Pilot Commissioners for the Bays of San Francisco, San Pablo and Suisun, Board of

To ensure that it strengthens internal policies and controls over pilot rates and its finances, the board should develop procedures to separately track expenditures relevant to the operations, training, and continuing education surcharges.

1-Year Agency Response

The board reported that a new accounting system is in place. Representatives of the California Highway Patrol—who provide administrative services to the board—addressed the board in September 2010 and confirmed the new system was in place and would reliably track transactions involving the board’s operations, trainee training, and continuing education surcharges. (See 2011-406, p. 102)

California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Fully Implemented

All Recommendations in 2009-043

Agency responses received after June 2013 are posted verbatim.