Upon request of the auditor of state, the attorney general may file and prosecute to judgment or decree appropriate actions to prevent the unlawful expenditures of public funds, cancel contracts not made in compliance with law, enforce liabilities arising from false certifications or failure to furnish financial reports, secure compliance with this chapter, secure compliance with fiscal, accounting, or budgeting requirements, opinions, or adjustments made in an audit report, secure compliance with the laws, ordinances, rules, and orders pertaining to any public office, and enforce generally the laws relating to the expenditure of public funds. All sums collected as a result of any action taken under this chapter shall be placed in the treasury of the appropriate public office.

Terms Used In Ohio Code 117.42

  • Audit: means any of the following:

    (1) Any examination, analysis, or inspection of the state's or a public office's financial statements or reports;

    (2) Any examination, analysis, or inspection of records, documents, books, or any other evidence relating to either of the following:

    (a) The collection, receipt, accounting, use, or expenditure of public money by a public office or by a private institution, association, board, or corporation;

    (b) The determination by the auditor of state, as required by section 117. See Ohio Code 117.01

  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Public office: means any state agency, public institution, political subdivision, other organized body, office, agency, institution, or entity established by the laws of this state for the exercise of any function of government. See Ohio Code 117.01
  • state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59

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