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Panel advances bill to prevent family members jointly signing sheriff expenditures
Summary
The committee reported House Bill 2397 to the full Senate with the recommendation that it pass as amended. Counsel said the bill makes technical, non-substantive changes to prevent family or household members from serving as joint signatories on sheriff expenditures from the county treasury and provides procedures for substitute signatories.
The Senate Government Organization Committee agreed to report House Bill 2397 to the full Senate with the recommendation that it pass as amended, the chair declared after a voice vote.
Committee counsel told the committee the bill “makes only technical non substantive changes.” Counsel said the bill “provides a mechanism for ensuring that…
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