SAAM Additions, Updates, and Drafts Effective July 29, 2019

New or updated Sections, if any, of the State of Arizona Accounting Manual (SAAM) listed below have been posted to /publications/saam.

 

Changes contained in updated SAAM sections can easily be identified using the instructions contained in SAAM 0007.

 

New or updated SAAM Drafts, if any, have been posted to /publications/saam/saam-draft.

 

Drafts are posted for comment and do not reflect policy statements that are in effect. Agencies are requested to review any Drafts within sixty (60) days of initial posting and send their comments to [email protected].

 

New SAAM Section(s)
0045

General Information

Records Retention

Provides directions for retrieving retention schedules.

Updated SAAM Section(s)
5030

Travel

Hotels, Motels and Lodging

Removes references to the Travel Hub.

5045

Travel

Travel Requests and Authorizations

Removes a redundancy with respect to delegated authority.
5065

Travel

Vendor and Other Non-employee Travel

Significantly increases the scope of the SAAM section.
5070

Travel

Special Travel Circumstances and Issues

Updates the method of transferring travel costs between agencies and clarifies restrictions on the purchase of CDW insurance.

Comments, corrections, complaints and compliments should be emailed to [email protected].  Please include the number of the SAAM section and relevant paragraph(s) (SAAM NNNN-nn.nn.nn) in the subject line. 

Author
Greg Vokoun
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