Section 141.427 - Minimum auditing procedures and standards; form for report of auditing procedures; filing audit report and report of auditing procedures; time for filing; extension(1) The state treasurer shall prescribe minimum auditing procedures and standards and these shall conform as nearly as practicable to generally accepted auditing standards established by the American institute of certified public accountants.(2) A report of the auditing procedures applied in each audit shall be prepared on a form provided for this purpose by the state treasurer. The state treasurer may require that the audit report, or the report of auditing procedures, or both, that are required by this subsection to be filed with the state treasurer be filed in an electronic format prescribed by the state treasurer.(3) One copy of every audit report and 1 copy of the report of auditing procedures applied shall be filed with the state treasurer.(4) The copy of the audit report and the copy of the report of auditing procedures applied required by subsection (3) shall be filed with the state treasurer within 6 months after the end of the fiscal year of a local unit for which an audit has been performed pursuant to section 5. The chief administrative officer of a local unit may request an extension of the filing date from the state treasurer, and the state treasurer may grant the request for reasonable cause. A chief administrative officer who requests an extension under this subsection shall, within 10 days of making the request, inform the governing body in writing of the requested extension.1968, Act 2, Imd. Eff. 2/20/1968 ;--Am. 1982, Act 451, Imd. Eff. 12/30/1982 ;--Am. 2000, Act 493, Imd. Eff. 1/11/2001 .