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Committee approves change shifting volunteer fire department audits to legislative auditor

2520394 · March 6, 2025
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Summary

The committee voted to report committee substitute for Senate Bill 500, which moves responsibility for auditing volunteer fire departments’ finances to the legislative auditor from the State Auditor, with legislative auditors saying they can perform the work with existing staff.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Senate Government Organization Committee agreed to report a committee substitute for Senate Bill 500 to the full Senate with the recommendation that it pass, approving language that moves responsibility for reviewing volunteer fire departments’ finances from the State Auditor to a legislative auditing authority.

Committee counsel said the bill amends a single…

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