Office of the Attorney General
An Audit Report on The Office of the Attorney General's Compliance With Debt Collection Requirements
September 2001
Report Number 02-003
Overall Conclusion
The Office of the Attorney General (Attorney General) complied with the debt collection requirements specified in Rider 6 of the General Appropriations Act (76th Legislature) for the 2000-2001 biennium. The Attorney General is required to collect all delinquent debts owed to the State of Texas. Its target performance measure for collections was $84 million for the biennium. It reported collections of $90 million for that period. The Attorney General also reported that the balance of claims it is currently pursuing totals $302.6 million.
Key Facts and Findings
- The Attorney General complied with the debt collection requirements specified
in Rider 6 of the General Appropriations Act (76th Legislature) for the 2000-2001
biennium.
- The Attorney General complied with limits on the use of the collected funds
by retaining only $16.6 million for operations and setting aside an additional
$18 million to pay workers' compensation claims.
- According to previous audits by the State Auditor, the Attorney General was also in
compliance with the rider during the 1996-19997 and 1998-1999 bienniums.
- Limited testing of internal databases used to manage and report collections
indicates that the information in these systems is accurate and documented.
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