The Office of the Comptroller of Puerto Rico issued a qualified opinion on the fiscal operations of the Caguas Driver Services Center (CESCO) of the Driver Services Directorate (DISCO) of the Department of Transportation and Public Works. A qualified opinion is issued when the instances of noncompliance, individually or together, are significant but not pervasive.
The Report revealed that the Investigation Division of the Caguas CESCO did not carry out the required inspections of the inspection stations before granting the license to operate, and that documents were missing in the files of renewal of the mechanics' certifications. The Caguas region has 44 inspection stations and 109 inspection mechanics.
The Report, with three findings, points out that, for the renewal of operating licenses, the facilities of the license-processing businesses were not inspected, nor those of the private driving schools. Some of these situations contrary to regulations had already been noted in the Audit Report DB-06-30 of May 25, 2006.
Our auditors identified that from 2014 to 2017, the semiannual inventories of the property were not carried out and that the property units examined did not have the Property in Use Receipt. These situations increase the risk of loss, improper use, and other irregularities.
The Report evidences that no periodic physical inventories were carried out of the valuables kept in the warehouse and that the Report of Valuables did not report on the stickers and license plates not yet condemned. As of June 30, 2017, the warehouse had 9,220 stickers, 5,500 title certificates, 4,000 inspection certificates, and 402 license plates. The lack of periodic inspections may lead to the commission of errors and irregularities in the operations of the warehouse.
The Report notes that as of July 2, 2018, the Secretary of Transportation and Public Works had not promulgated a regulation or written procedure to govern the process of collecting fines for delays in the filing of registrations and transfers of motor vehicles. Our auditors found delays of up to almost two years in several registration and transfer operations of motor vehicles, a fact that deprived the Government of collecting $6,000 corresponding to the collection of those fines. The report covers the period from January 1, 2014, to August 31, 2018.
See the Audit Report DA-19-21.
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