Report 2010-125 Recommendation 17 Responses

Report 2010-125: State Lands Commission: Because It Has Not Managed Public Lands Effectively, the State Has Lost Millions in Revenue for the General Fund (Release Date: August 2011)

Recommendation #17 To: Lands Commission, State

To adequately monitor its revenue-generating oil and gas leases, the commission should explore and take advantage of other approaches to fulfill its auditing responsibilities, such as contracting with an outside consulting firm that could conduct some of its audits on a contingency basis.

1-Year Agency Response

The commission is currently contracting with an outside consulting firm to audit one of its oil and gas leases. The commission believes that because this approach has proven to be successful, it will continue to be an option. (See 2013-406, p. 207)

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

All Recommendations in 2010-125

Agency responses received after June 2013 are posted verbatim.