Bill Text: GA HB1235 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Augusta-Richmond County Transparency in Government Act; enact
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-19 - House Lost Reconsidered Bill/Res [HB1235 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HB1235-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Augusta-Richmond County Transparency in Government Act; enact
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-03-19 - House Lost Reconsidered Bill/Res [HB1235 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-HB1235-Introduced.html
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House
Bill 1235
By:
Representatives Murphy of the
120th,
Howard of the
121st,
Smith of the
122nd,
and Frazier of the
123rd
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend an Act providing for the consolidated government of Augusta-Richmond
County, approved March 27, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 3648), as
amended, so as to provide that certain departments, agencies, and authorities of
the consolidated government and certain private entities which contract with the
consolidated government for the provision of government services shall have
periodic forensic accounting audits; to provide for sanctions for failure to do
so; to provide a short title; to provide for related matters; to repeal
conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
This
Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Augusta-Richmond County Transparency
in Government Act."
SECTION
2.
An
Act providing for the consolidated government of Augusta-Richmond County,
approved March 27, 1995 (Ga. L. 1995, p. 3648), as amended, is
amended by adding a new section to read as follows:
"SECTION
10A.
(a)
Each department, agency, and authority of the consolidated government and any
private entity which has contracted with the consolidated government for the
provision of government services that is responsible for $500,000.00 or more in
public funds or revenues annually shall have a forensic accounting audit at
least every four years. Such audit shall be performed by an independent
accounting firm that is not associated in any way with the consolidated
government. The report of such audit shall be made available to the commission
and to the public upon its completion.
(b)
It shall be the duty of the commission to ensure that all affected departments,
agencies, authorities, and private entities subject to the provisions of this
section have a forensic accounting audit at least once every four
years.
(c)
The failure by the head of a department or agency or the board of an authority
to have a forensic accounting audit performed for such department, agency, or
authority at least once every four years as provided in this section shall be
grounds for termination or removal. The failure by a private entity that has
contracted with the consolidated government for the provision of government
services to have a forensic accounting audit performed for such entity at least
once every four years as provided in this section with regard to such contracted
services shall be grounds for termination of the contract and for being deemed
ineligible for further contracts with the consolidated
government."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.