Auditor of Public Accounts; post certain information on its Internet website, a searchable database. (SB431)
Introduced By
Sen. Mark Herring (D-Leesburg)
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Description
State Government Spending Accountability Act. Requires state agencies to maintain a transaction register including a complete record of all funds expended over one hundred dollars. The bill also requires state agencies to post a copy of each monthly statement for all credit cards issued to officers or employees for official use and a list of all of the number of full-time employees and the average compensation in each class. In addition, the bill directs the Auditor of Public Accounts to conduct a review of the searchable databases providing expenditure, revenue, and demographic information used by other states and to incorporate best practices for ease of use and transparency of state agency expenditures. Amends § 30-133 (“Duties and powers generally.”), § 30-133.2 (“Annual review of the collection and distribution of retail sales and use taxes.”), § 56-575.18 (“Auditor of Public Accounts.”), of the Code of Virginia. View Full Text »
