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Budget Amendments - HB1500 (Conference Report)

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APA Audit of Local Ordinance Collections (language only)

Item 2 #2c

Item 2 #2c

Legislative Department
Auditor of Public Accounts

Language
Page 8, after line 13, insert:
"D.  The Auditor of Public Accounts shall audit the extent to which localities are enforcing local ordinances and collecting fines related to those ordinances, which parallel state statutes and related penalties for the same offense.  A report on this audit shall be provided to the Chairmen of the Senate Finance and House Appropriations Committees by October 1, 2011."


Explanation
(This amendment directs the Auditor of Public Accounts to determine the extent to which localities are collecting fines on the basis of local ordinances which parallel state statutes and penalties for the same offenses.)