Bill > S0908

This bill reorganizes the Department of Financial Services by transferring the responsibility for auditing and adjusting accounts of state officers and those indebted to the state from the Division of Accounting and Auditing to the Chief Financial Officer, and it renames the Bureau of Unclaimed Property to the Division of Unclaimed Property. It also clarifies the functions and structure of various divisions within the department, including the creation of a Division of Investigative and Forensic Services which will function as a criminal justice agency and conduct investigations, and it moves certain functions related to consumer services and investigative services to different divisions. Additionally, the bill amends provisions related to the confidentiality of financial investigations, the transfer of functions to the Division of Investigative and Forensic Services, and the renaming of the Bureau of Unclaimed Property, among other technical and organizational changes.