Kentucky House Bill 519 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 11 2021 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2021-02-11 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 43.070 to limit counties to bearing one-half of the expense of annual audits conducted by the Auditor of Public Accounts; require that the county not be liable for the expense of audits conducted by the Auditor of Public Accounts not completed by August 1 after the calendar year audited regarding a county official and February 1 following the fiscal year audited regarding a county budget; amend KRS 64.810 to require a fiscal court, county clerk, or sheriff to give notice to the Auditor of Public Accounts regarding intent to hire a certified public accountant to conduct an audit required under KRS 43.070 at least 120 days prior to the close of the period to be audited; require that contracts issued to certified public accountants be awarded by competitive bid.

AN ACT relating to county audits.

Rep. John Blanton [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-11	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2021-02-11	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/21RS/hb519.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/21RS/hb519/orig_bill.pdf
Supplement	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/note/21RS/hb519/LM.pdf