TITLE II - AUDITOR INDEPENDENCE
SEC. 203. AUDIT PARTNER ROTATION.
Section 10A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78j–1),
as amended by this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following:
"(j) AUDIT PARTNER ROTATION. - It shall be unlawful for a registered public
accounting firm to provide audit services to an issuer if the lead (or coordinating)
audit partner (having primary responsibility for the audit), or the audit partner
responsible for reviewing the audit, has performed audit services for that issuer
in each of the 5 previous fiscal years of that issuer.".
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