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2013 Regular Session

House Bill 1539

Municipal owned utilities; require to be audited annually and require audit to be published.

Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's Municipalities Committee on February 5, 2013. The 2013 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE ALL GOVERNING AUTHORITIES OF EVERY MUNICIPALITY WHICH NOW OWNS A UTILITY TO HAVE THEIR BOOKS AUDITED ANNUALLY, BEFORE THE CLOSE OF THE NEXT SUCCEEDING FISCAL YEAR, EITHER BY A COMPETENT ACCOUNTANT APPROVED BY THE STATE AUDITOR OR BY A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT; TO REQUIRE TWO COPIES OF THE AUDIT OR COMPILATION TO BE MAILED TO THE STATE AUDITOR WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER COMPLETION OF SAID AUDIT; TO REQUIRE A SYNOPSIS OF THE AUDIT TO BE PUBLISHED IN A NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THE MUNICIPALITY OR, IF NO NEWSPAPER BE PUBLISHED IN ANY SUCH MUNICIPALITY, IN ANY NEWSPAPER HAVING A GENERAL CIRCULATION PUBLISHED IN THE COUNTY WHEREIN SUCH MUNICIPALITY IS LOCATED; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

Its course

January 21 to February 5, 2013, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action2 actions on 2 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days

MunicipalitiesJan 21 to Feb 5 · stopped15 days

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 21 – Feb 5

  1. Referred to the House committee on Municipalities
  2. Died in committee in the House
All 2 actions, as published