Mississippi House Bill 1539 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: Failed on February 5 2013 - 100% progression
Action: 2013-02-05 - Died In Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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.

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

Rep. Edward Blackmon [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-02-05	House	Died In Committee
2013-01-21	House	Referred To Municipalities

Type	Source
Summary	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2013/pdf/history/HB/HB1539.xml
Text	https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2013/html/HB/1500-1599/HB1539IN.htm