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Budget Amendments - HB30 (Committee Approved)

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Local Stormwater Charge Reporting (language only)

Item 2 #1h

Item 2 #1h

Legislative Department
Auditor of Public Accounts

Language

Page 10, after line 50, insert:

"D. 1. Each locality establishing a utility or enacting a system of service charges to support a local stormwater management program pursuant to § 15.2-2114, Code of Virginia, shall provide to the Auditor of Public Accounts by October 1 of each year, in a format specified by the Auditor, a report as to each program funded by these fees and the expected nutrient and sediment reductions for each of these programs.

2. The Auditor of Public Accounts shall include in the Specifications for Audits of Counties, Cities, and Towns regulations for all local governments establishing a utility or enacting a system of service charges to support a local stormwater management program pursuant to § 15.2-2114, Code of Virginia, a requirement to ensure that each impacted local government is in compliance with the provisions of § 15.2-2114 A., Code of Virginia. Any such adjustment to the Specifications for Audits of Counties, Cities, and Towns regulations shall be exempt from the Administrative Process Act and shall be required for all audits completed after July 1, 2014."



Explanation

(This amendment directs the Auditor of Public Accounts to receive reports on local stormwater charges. A companion amendment moves this requirement from the Department of Environmental Quality. This is intended to reduce redundancies as the local governments already report finances and charges to the APA on an annual basis.)