The Missouri State Auditor says an audit shows no compliance problems with the way the highway patrol spends highway funds.

In a report, Auditor Nicole Galloway says “the audit determined the Missouri State Highway Patrol complied with legal provisions related to the use of this funding for the 2016 fiscal year.”

State law requires the audit, which is intended to ensure that appropriations are used in accordance with the Missouri Constitution, which limits the use of the funds to administering and enforcing state motor vehicle laws or traffic regulations.

Galloway says her staff reviewed policies and procedures, financial records, and other pertinent documents; interviewed agency personnel; and tested selected transactions. Auditors also reviewed highway patrol calculations of amounts spent for non-highway activities, and the amounts spent for highway-related activities from other funding sources.

Galloway says that because of the limited objective of the review, she provided no overall rating.  Find the Citizen’s Summary and full audit report here.