Saxon Court of Auditors

Saxon Court of Auditors
State level	Supreme state authority
founding	December 11, 1991
Headquarters	Leipzig , Saxony
Authority management	Karl-Heinz Binus

The Saxon Court of Audit is the auditing authority for the budgets of the public administration of the Free State of Saxony . After the end of a financial year, the audit office reviews the accounts , which means that the authority oversees the entire budget and auditing of the public sector in Saxony.

The President of the Court of Auditors must report to the State Parliament on the results of the work of his authority once a year. The President of the Court of Auditors is elected by the Saxon State Parliament on the proposal of the Prime Minister for 12 years with a two-thirds majority of the valid votes cast. The president cannot be re-elected.

On March 30, 2010, the previous Vice President Karl-Heinz Binus was elected as the successor to Franz Josef Heigl as President of the Saxon Court of Audit.

In its present form, the Saxon Court of Auditors was officially founded on December 11, 1991 by the law on the Court of Auditors of the Free State of Saxony. The first president was Alfred Wienrich , who from 1990 as chairman of a development team checked state institutions of the Free State.

The authority is based in Leipzig . Branch offices are located in Dresden and Chemnitz . On January 25, 2011, the Saxon state government decided to move the headquarters of the Saxon Court of Auditors to Döbeln from 2020 .

President

December 11, 1991 to July 31, 1995: Alfred Wienrich
March 26, 1996 to June 19, 2002: Hans-Günther Koehn
June 23, 2003 to May 11, 2010 Franz Josef Heigl
since May 11, 2010: Karl-Heinz Binus

Web links

Website of the Saxon Court of Auditors

Individual evidence

↑ Karin Algasinger, Thomas Gey, Helmar Schöne : This is how the Saxon state parliament works . 4th legislative term. NDV Neue Darmstädter Verlagsanstalt, Rheinbreitbach 2005, ISBN 3-87576-544-3 , p. 16 .
↑ The authority. In: Website of the Saxon Court of Auditors. Saxon Court of Audit, archived from the original on July 12, 2009 ; accessed on October 1, 2009 : "The President is elected by the State Parliament on the proposal of the Prime Minister with a majority of two thirds of the valid votes cast (duration of the mandate: 12 years, term of office ends at the latest when reaching the statutory age limit. Re-election is excluded) . "
↑ Press release 30/2010. Saxon State Parliament, March 30, 2010, archived from the original on August 4, 2012 ; Retrieved June 28, 2010 .
^ History of financial control in Saxony. In: Website of the Saxon Court of Auditors. Saxon Court of Auditors, accessed on October 1, 2009 .
↑ Organization. In: Website of the Saxon Court of Auditors. Saxon Court of Auditors, accessed on October 1, 2009 .
↑ http://www.sz-online.de/nachrichten/artikel.asp?id=2671180

[1] Karin Algasinger, Thomas Gey, Helmar Schöne : This is how the Saxon state parliament works . 4th legislative term. NDV Neue Darmstädter Verlagsanstalt, Rheinbreitbach 2005, ISBN 3-87576-544-3 , p. 16 .

[2] The authority. In: Website of the Saxon Court of Auditors. Saxon Court of Audit, archived from the original on July 12, 2009 ; accessed on October 1, 2009 : "The President is elected by the State Parliament on the proposal of the Prime Minister with a majority of two thirds of the valid votes cast (duration of the mandate: 12 years, term of office ends at the latest when reaching the statutory age limit. Re-election is excluded) . "

[3] Press release 30/2010. Saxon State Parliament, March 30, 2010, archived from the original on August 4, 2012 ; Retrieved June 28, 2010 .

[4] History of financial control in Saxony. In: Website of the Saxon Court of Auditors. Saxon Court of Auditors, accessed on October 1, 2009 .

[5] Organization. In: Website of the Saxon Court of Auditors. Saxon Court of Auditors, accessed on October 1, 2009 .

[6] ttp://www.sz-online.de/nachrichten/artikel.asp?id=2671180