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House bill would drop monthly architect/engineer reports in favor of annual report and online dashboard
Summary
House Bill 704, introduced by Jim Chokas, would eliminate monthly reporting from the Department of Audits on architects and engineers, move to annual reporting and lean on an interactive online dashboard for public transparency; members raised concerns about loss of subcontractor reporting and possible impacts on monitoring monopolization.
Jim Chokas introduced House Bill 704 as a measure to stop monthly reporting of architects and engineers to the Department of Audits and instead require an annual report. Chokas said the monthly submission is incomplete — "only about 70% do it on a monthly per basis, but a 100% do it on an annual basis" — and argued the annual report is more reliable.
Chokas said the monthly filings often produced inaccurate data and that the annual compilation provides the dollar amounts and dates the committee needs.…
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