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Missouri bill would let counties publish condensed financial statement, move deadline to June 30
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Representative Janet McGaugh told the House Committee on Local Government that House Bill 352 would let counties publish a condensed version of required financial statements and move the publication deadline from March 1 to June 30.
Representative Janet McGaugh (sponsor) told the House Committee on Local Government that House Bill 352 would let counties publish a condensed version of required financial statements in newspapers and shift the publication deadline from March 1 to June 30.
McGaugh said the bill preserves required accounting work by county clerks but changes how the information is published so smaller counties save on printing costs. "The condensed version of this document will most definitely include the very thing that these people want to see," she said, referring to totals and elected-official salaries.
County clerks and municipal groups testified in favor. Sherry Parks, Livingston County clerk and president of the Missouri Association of…
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