BOARD OF AUDITORS: LOCAL ACT H.B. 5244: COMMITTEE SUMMARY
House Bill 5244 (as passed by the House)
Sponsor: Representative Roger Kahn
House Committee: Local Government and Urban Policy
Senate Committee: Local, Urban and State Affairs
Date Completed: 12-8-05
CONTENT
The bill would amend Public Act 275 of 1913, which provides for the creation and operation of county boards of auditors, to repeal a section that allows a board of auditors that was operating under a special or local act to continue operating after the special or local act was repealed; and require that the board be abolished.
Under Section 4a of the Act, any board of county auditors operating under a special or local act, upon repeal of the special or local act, must be considered as operating under the provisions of the Act without formal reorganization, and it must function and be governed accordingly.
The bill would repeal Section 4a. Any board of county auditors operating under Section 4a would be abolished and not authorized to continue to operate after the bill's effective date.
MCL 47.4a Legislative Analyst: J.P. Finet
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.
Fiscal Analyst: David Zin
Analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent. hb5244/0506