SACRAMENTO (CN) – A bill to criminally charge and fine state employees who willfully mislead the California auditor unanimously passed the state Senate on Thursday and now awaits Gov. Jerry Brown’s signature.
Assembly Bill 562, by Assembly members Al Muratsuchi, D-Rolling Hills, Phil Ting, D-San Francisco and Kevin McCarty, D-Sacramento, is one of about a dozen introduced this year addressing the University of California system after the state auditor revealed the UC Office of the President had obstructed and tampered with a recent audit.