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Auditor of State's office seeks statutory cleanup; committee hears proposed ORC updates and village-dissolution threshold change
Summary
Tim Keane of the Auditor of State's office testified in favor of House Bill 2 48, describing code updates to reflect current audit practice, transfers of old land-record duties to other agencies, a proposal to raise the involuntary village-dissolution population threshold from 125 to 500, and removal of antiquated requirements; members pressed for more stakeholder consultation and clarifications about audits of libraries and STEM schools.
Tim Keane, chief financial officer and senior advisor to Auditor of State Keith Faber, told the House General Government Committee that House Bill 2 48 is a statutory "cleanup" intended to align Ohio Revised Code language with current audit practices and office operations.
Keane said the office reviewed statutory duties and identified residual provisions that are outdated or duplicative. He highlighted three substantive changes: updating ORC 11738 (as referenced in testimony) on local public-office financial reporting to include…
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