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Committee advances state auditor budget, reduces local government audit positions

2255173 · February 10, 2025
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Summary

House Bill 1004, the state auditor budget, was recommended out of committee with a reduction of five local-government audit FTEs, a federally funded mineral royalty auditor position, and one-time peer review and software funding.

The Appropriations Committee recommended a do-pass on House Bill 1004 after Representative Pyle outlined the auditor's budget changes, which include removing five FTEs previously assigned to local-government audits, adding a federally funded mineral royalty auditor position, and one-time funding for peer review and audit-software replacement.

Representative Pyle said the five FTE removals are possible because prior legislative changes exempted very small political subdivisions (those under…

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