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Committee approves bill to require counties to post budgets and financial statements online
CITY, COUNTY & LOCAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - SENATE · March 14, 2019
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Summary
A bill sponsored by Rep. Spencer Hawkes to require counties to publish budgets and financial statements online was approved as amended; the Association of Arkansas Counties will have until 2020 to help counties build the online infrastructure, the sponsor said.
Representative Spencer Hawkes presented legislation directing counties to post budgets and financial statements online to improve transparency. Hawkes said the bill preserves existing newspaper-publication requirements and allows…
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