|
HCS/HB 1606 - This act changes the date counties shall prepare and publish their financial statements from the first Monday in March to June 30th of each year. This act also requires second, third, and fourth class counties to produce and publish a county annual financial statement in the same manner as counties of the first classification. The financial statement shall include the name, office, and current gross annual salary of each elected or appointed county official. The county clerk or other county officer preparing the financial statement shall provide an electronic copy of the data used to create the financial statement without charge to the newspaper requesting the data. Finally, the newspaper publishing the financial statement shall charge and receive no more than its regular local classified advertising rate as published 30 days before the publication of the financial statement. These provisions are substantially similar to provisions in SS/SCS/SB 724 (2022), SB 845 (2022), and SB 1191 (2022) and substantially similar to HB 381 (2021). MARY GRACE PRINGLE
|
