(a)
- (1) The borrower's annual audits must comply with the provisions of the United States Office of Management and Budget’s Circular No. A-133, “Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations”.
- (2) This is only for those fiscal years in which the federal financial assistance received from the CWRLF program is equal to or greater than three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000).
- (3) CWRLF participants or their independent auditors should contact the financial analyst in the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission staff for the information regarding the federal financial assistance received.
(b)
- (1) The borrower must establish and maintain separate sewer system accounts for the term of the loan agreement.
- (2) This must be done according to the generally accepted accounting principles as determined by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB).
- (3) The federal regulations governing the state CWRLF program require this as specified in 40 C.F.R. pt. 35.
(4)
- (A) The GASB specifies that all enterprise funds must use accrual accounting.
- (B) Therefore, governmental fund accounting is not an acceptable type of accounting for the accounting records of a sewer system.
(c)
- (1) Following project completion, the final loan disbursement and the completion of Circular No. A-133 audit requirements, the borrower shall have independent annual audits done on the sewer system.
- (2) These audits must be according to generally accepted accounting principles as determined by GASB for the term of the loan agreement.
- (d) All annual audits should be submitted to the financial analyst of the commission staff within one hundred twenty (120) days of the end of the borrower's fiscal year.