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Senate committee adopts narrow amendment to county-treasurer reporting bill and passes it
Summary
The committee adopted an amendment to House Bill 1375 that allows either a county treasurer or, in the six counties that have one, a county comptroller to submit required reports; the cleaned-up treasurer bill then passed out of committee.
A Senate committee on Feb. 14 adopted an amendment to House Bill 1375 and then passed the bill out of committee.
The amendment replaces the word "and" with "or" in reporting provisions so that, where the statute requires submissions, either a county treasurer or a county comptroller — in counties that have a comptroller — may submit those reports. The sponsor said the change reflects that only six counties have a separate comptroller and the amendment avoids requiring both officers to file reports.
Eddie Jones of the Association of Arkansas Counties sat with the presenter and explained the bill as a technical cleanup requested by county treasurers: it updates code citations and clarifies procedures to match current practice. "This would allow the grant fund to actually be a sub fund of the general fund," Jones said in explaining how one section addresses handling grant-funded expenditures that are reimbursed after counties initially pay invoices.
After brief questions from committee members, the panel adopted the amendment by voice vote and passed House Bill 1375 as amended.
The bill now moves forward from the City, County & Local Affairs Committee with the amendment that permits either the county treasurer or, where present, a county comptroller to fulfill the reporting requirement.
