STATE OF GEORGIA
Sonny Perdue Governor
AUDIT REPORT GEORGIA FIREFIGHTERS' PENSION FUND
YEAR ENDED JUNE 30,2009
GEORGIA FIREFIGHTERS' PENSION FUND - TABLE OF CONTENTS -
SECTION I - FINANCIAL
Independent Auditor's Report on Basic Financial Statements Accompanied by Required Supplementary Information
Basic Financial Statements Statement of Fiduciary Net Assets Statement of Changes in Fiduciary Net Assets Notes to the Financial Statements
Required Supplementary Information Schedule of Funding Progress Schedule of Contributions from the Employer and Other Contributing Entities
SECTION I1 - REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FlNANCLAL
REPORTING AND ON COMPLIANCE AND OTHER MATTERS BASED ON AN AUDIT OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH GOVERNMENTA UDITING STANDARDS
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SECTION I - FINANCIAL
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DEPARTMEONFTAUDITASND ACCOUNTS 270 Washington St. S.W. Suite 1-156 Atlanta, Georgia 30334
RUSSELWL . HINTON
STATE AUDITOR
(404)656-2174
February 10,2010
The Honorable Sonny Perdue, Governor of Georgia Members of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia Members of the Board of Trustees of the Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund
and Honorable James R. Meynard, Executive Director
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT ON BASIC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ACCOMPANIED BY REOUIRED SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have audited the accompanying financial statements of the Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund, a part of the primary government of the State of Georgia, as of and for the year ended June 30, 2009, as listed in the table of contents. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express opinions on these financial statements based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the respective financial position of the Georgia Firefighters' Pension Fund, as of June 30, 2009, and the change in plan net assets available for benefits for the year then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.