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House committee approves measure to allow electronic county vendor payments
Summary
The Kentucky House Standing Committee on Local Government voted to advance a bill that would let county governments place routine vendors on standing orders and make electronic payments, aiming to reduce late payments and fraud tied to mailed checks.
The House Standing Committee on Local Government on May 20 voted to advance House Bill 744, a measure that would allow county treasurers to place routine vendors on standing payment orders and to pay those vendors electronically, while retaining required approvals from the judge/executive and county treasurer.
Supporters told the committee the measure responds to slow mail delivery and growing cases of “check washing,” where fraudsters alter mailed checks. State Rep. Richard White, the bill sponsor, said the change would allow counties to avoid late payments and cancellations that can harm small vendors.
"We do have the same problem everybody else has, mail delivery," said Harry Clark, identified in committee as a county judge/executive from Round County. Clark told members his county had to…
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