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Dear Commissioner Savoie:

This office is in receipt of your recent opinion request regarding the authority of the higher education management boards and their institutions to employ independent certified public accounting firms to perform certain financial examinations. Specifically, your request raises the following issues:(1) Do the management boards have the authority to employ independent CPA's in accordance with the procurement laws of the state to perform examinations of university financial transactions or accounts, provided they are not intended to substitute for the financial…