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SB 431 Auditor of Public Accounts; post certain information on its Internet website, a searchable database.

Introduced by: Mark R. Herring | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

State Government Spending Accountability Act.  Directs the Auditor of Public Accounts to include on a searchable database a register of all funds expended for major agencies of the Commonwealth.  In regard to the registry, the database would include the vendor name, date of payment, and a description of the expense, including also credit card purchases with the same information.  The bill also requires the Auditor of Public Accounts to conduct a review of searchable databases used by other states and incorporate best practices for ease of use and transparency of state agency expenditures.

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

State Government Spending Accountability Act.  Directs the Auditor of Public Accounts to include on a searchable database a register of all funds expended for major agencies of the Commonwealth.  In regard to the registry, the database would include the vendor name, date of payment, and a description of the expense.  The bill would also require the Auditor to post official salaries or rates of public employees by job classification whose annual rate of pay exceeds $10,000.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

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.