2025 bills / S.B. 285
S.B. 285 County Auditor Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- House committee
- House vote (stopped here)
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill defines the term "finance officer" and says that if a county council hands off accounting services to someone else, the county auditor no longer has to perform an accounting or budgeting duty set by law unless the law specifically says the auditor must do it. It also makes some technical and conforming wording changes.
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Official description
- defines the term "finance officer"
- provides that, if a county council delegates the provision of accounting services, the county auditor of that county is not required to fulfill an accounting or budgeting obligation described by statute unless statute explicitly states that the county auditor shall provide the accounting or budgeting obligation
- makes technical and conforming changes
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Every vote
- 6 yes, 1 noSenate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 24, 2025Who voted how
- 23 yes, 0 no, 6 absentFirst of two Senate votes · Feb 25, 2025Who voted how
- 25 yes, 0 no, 4 absentFinal Senate vote · Feb 26, 2025Who voted how
- 7 yes, 0 no, 3 absentHouse Political Subdivisions Committee: vote to approve it · Mar 3, 2025Who voted how