BILL · 2001–02 SESSION

SB 5559: Local government audits

Authorizing local government audits by private contractors.

Summary

Finds that in order to reduce expenditures by local governments as well as by state government, private contractors should be allowed to provide auditing services to local governments when they are able to provide such services at a lower cost while meeting or exceeding state-mandated performance standards.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to local government audits;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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SB 5559 (2019–20) Civil action commencement · Did not pass · died in committee
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SB 5559 (2015–16) Tuition waivers/st employees · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
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