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2012 Senate Bill 6017: Addressing the financial audits of local governments
Introduced by Sen. Kevin Ranker (Orcas Island) (D) on January 9, 2012
Requires the State Auditor to address questions of law that arise when conducting audits of local governments in the same manner as any relevant Attorney General’s opinion has addressed them.   Official Text and Analysis.
Referred to the Senate Government Operations, Tribal Relations & Elections Committee on January 9, 2012
Substitute offered in the Senate on January 26, 2012
Provides that, if a local government has received an AGO on a specific matter relating to the exercise of its duties, the Auditor must interpret any questions of law consistent with the AG. Establishes that this requirement only applies where the AG has issued an opinion regarding a specific set of facts and a specific local government, and it is limited to the Auditor's financial audits of that local government during that audit period.
The substitute passed by voice vote in the Senate on January 26, 2012
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on January 27, 2012