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Committee considers bill to create searchable statewide database of local bond obligations
Summary
House Bill 3526 would require the Bond Review Board to maintain a searchable database of local governments' bond obligations, issuance and repayment information; taxpayers' and policy groups testified in favor and the committee left the bill pending.
Senator West described House Bill 3526 as a measure to increase transparency of local government borrowing by requiring a searchable database for bond obligations and repayment records.
"What this particular bill does it requires a searchable database for local bond obligations, whether they've been issued and whether they have been paid," Senator West…
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