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M> |n accordance with 2C.F.R. Part 2OO.5O0 Subpart F—Audit Requirements (Formerly <br />(]MH Circular A-133), N.{|.G.S. 143C'6' "NoO-5tate Entities Receiving State Funda". <br />and Title 9 North Carolina Administrative Code (N.C.A.C] Subchapter 3M (09 NCAC <br />. Non-Governmental Grantees shall comply with all rules and reporting <br />requirements established by statute or administrative [V|eo. Financial reporting and <br />audit requirements are based on the level of State financial assistance from all <br />funding sources. The three /3\ reporting levels are: <br />° Level I — A recipient or subrecipient that receives, holds, uses, or expends State <br />financial assistance in an amount less than twenty-five thousand dollars <br />($25'000) within its fiscal year. <br />� Level 11 —A recipient oraubnao|pient that receives, holds, uses, or expends State <br />financial assistance inan amount ofmt least twenty-five thousand ($25,OO[) o[ <br />` <br />greater, but less than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) within its fiscal <br />� Level III —A recipient orsUbnacipinnt that receives, holds, uses, V[expends <br />State financial assistance in an amount equal to or greater than five hundred <br />thousand dollars /$5OO.00O\ within its fiscal year. <br />(2) Department-established reporting requirements for non-governmental Grantees shall <br />meet the following reporting standards oOan annual basis: <br />1 All recipients orsubrenipients shall provide a certification that State financial <br />assistance received or held was used for the purposes for which it was awarded. <br />2 All recipients oraubrecipieRta shall provide an accounting of all State financial <br />assistance received, held, used, orexpended. <br />3 Level || and III recipients oreuUreoip|ents shall report oO activities and <br />accomplishments undertaken by the recipient, including reporting on any <br />performance measures established in the contract. <br />4 Love] ||| recipients nruub[ecipients shall have o single or program-specific audit <br />prepared and completed in accordance with Generally Accepted Government <br />Auditing Standards, also known ms the Yellow Book, <br />(3) AUrepo�oshall be�/edvvi1h the disbursing agency in the format and nOethod <br />specified by the Department no later than three months after the end of the Grantee's <br />fiscal year, unless the same information is already required through more frequent <br />reporting. Audits must be provided to the Department no later than nine months <br />after the end of the recipient's fiscal year. <br />(4) The Grantee shall use the Office of State Budget and Management reporting forms <br />found under "NC Grants Annual Reporting Forms" on the Department's website: <br />/5\ The Grantee agrees to 0ekm avail able and naqu|na its 6uUGnnnteeatn make <br />available audit work papers in the possession of any auditor to the Department or <br />other federal or state agencies eorequested. <br />'(0) Department-established reporting requirements to meet the standards set forth in <br />Paragraph (i) of this Rule shall be specified in e�oh Grantee's contract. <br />vv <br />(7) Unless prohibited by|a. the costs ofaudits nnod�in accordance with the provisions of <br />this Rule shall be allowable charges to State and Federal awards. The charges may be <br />considered a direct cost oran allocated indirect cost, aa determined in accordance with <br />cost principles outlined in the Code of Federal Regulations, 2 C.F.R. Part 200. The cost <br />of any audit not conducted in accordance with this Subchapter shall not be charged to <br />State awards. <br />C. Record Retention. The Grantee and its third party Grantees shall retain all records pertaining to <br />this Project foreperiodnffive/5\yeersfroonthedsdeoffinoipmyrneOttqtheBrantme.orUOU|aU <br />audit exceptions have been resolved, whichever is longer, in accordance with "Records Retention <br />and Disposition Schedule — Public Transportation Systems and Authorities, April 1' 2006." at: <br />05/27/2015 Page II u[37 <br />