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Subcommittee backs 90-day audit extension, shield for local governments' grant eligibility
Summary
The State and Local Government Subcommittee approved HB 244 to let the state auditor grant a 90-day extension when a local government's auditor verifies delay is not the local government's fault, preserving eligibility for state grants during the extension.
The State and Local Government Subcommittee on Wednesday approved HB 244, a bill that would allow the state auditor to grant a 90-day extension to local governments that cannot complete annual audits due to circumstances “through no fault of their own,” and would protect those governments from losing eligibility for state grants during the extension.
Representative Cannon, who presented the bill, said HB 244 “would require the state auditor, to grant a 90 day extension after receiving an affidavit from a local government's auditor providing good cause that the local government is unable to complete their audit through no fault of their own.” He told the…
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