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Committee advances bill to raise local government audit threshold to $300,000
Summary
The Local Government Committee voted to send House Bill 142 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation. Sponsor Doug Pickett said the bill adjusts dollar thresholds that trigger required audits for local governments to reflect inflation; an Association of Idaho Cities representative expressed support and noted past inflationary increases.
State Representative Doug Pickett, who represents District 27 (Cassia, Oneida and Minidoka counties), told the Local Government Committee that House Bill 142 would raise the dollar thresholds that require formal audits by local government entities.
"This 1 deals with the, budget levels that would require an audit by local government entities," Pickett said, and described the change as a ‘‘housekeeping’’ adjustment to maintain the thresholds’ real-dollar value amid…
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