(a) Subject to appropriation limitations, the Auditor may:

(1) Employ such qualified office personnel and trained and experienced field personnel as are required to carry out such duties; and

(2) Engage the services of public accountants to make audits of selected agencies.

Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 2908

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Auditor: means the Auditor of Accounts. See Delaware Code Title 29 Sec. 2901
  • State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302

(b) If public accountants are hired, the individual or firm hired must be licensed to practice as a certified public accountant within the State.

29 Del. C. 1953, § ?2908; 54 Del. Laws, c. 39, § ?9; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;