| Last Action | 02/20/25: to Local Government (H) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to municipal financial practices. |
| Bill Documents | Introduced |
| Bill Request Number | 1772 |
| Sponsor | C. Freeland |
| Summary of Original Version | Amend KRS 91A.040 to change the population thresholds for exceptions to annual municipal audits to a single exception for municipalities with less than 3,000 people; change the revenue exception from $150,000 to $500,000; allow the Department for Local Government to consider any evidence in assessing whether to allow an extension from the deadline for annual audits; permit the department to grant extensions up to 18 months; amend KRS 91A.040, 65.003, and 65.920 to indicate that the withholding of state funds from a municipality due to noncompliance with the statutes should not be construed to cause the withholding of nondiscretionary payments to a city for the provision of services by the city to the state or any agency of the state; amend KRS 154.40-060 to allow a city government that appoints members to the board of the corporation that runs the Eastern Kentucky Exposition Center to elect to have the corporation included in its audit and to have its required annual audit be performed by an independent auditor; require any independent audit be forwarded to the Auditor of Public Accounts; amend KRS 42.460 and 424.220 to conform. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Financial Responsibility - Local governments, required financial reporting, exceptions Local Government - Required financial reporting, exceptions State Agencies - Department for Local Government, local governments, required financial reporting Ethics - Code of Ethics, withholding of funds for noncompliance, exception Auditor of Public Accounts - Local governments, required financial reporting, exceptions Audits and Auditors - Local governments, required financial reporting, exceptions Cities - Required financial reporting, exceptions |
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