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Committee backs requiring auditing credentials for county auditor in first-class counties

2283280 · February 12, 2025
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Summary

The committee unanimously recommended a bill that would require candidates for county auditor in first-class counties to hold auditing-related credentials or experience; sponsor and Salt Lake County auditor said the change would professionalize the office.

A Senate committee unanimously favorably recommended the second substitute of House Bill 235, a proposal to require auditing-related educational credentials or professional certifications for county auditors in counties of the first class.

Representative Tishman, sponsor, said the bill would require candidates for county auditor in first-class counties to have background in auditing professions and cited existing statutory differences in…

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