Georgia Senate - 1995/1996 Sessions

SB 659 - Counties - financial statements & audits

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1. Dean  31st             2. Ray  19th               3. Marable  52nd


Senate Comm: SLGO-G     /         House Comm: SPCA       /                                          
Senate Vote: Yeas 44    Nays 0                                                                      
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              Senate          Action          House                                                 
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             2/1/96    Read 1st time          2/21/96                                               
             2/15/96   Favorably Reported     3/12/96                                               
             Sub       Committee Amend/Sub                                                          
             2/19/96   Read 2nd Time          2/26/96                                               
             2/20/96   Read 3rd Time          3/18/96                                               
             2/20/96   Passed/Adopted         3/18/96                                               
             CS        Comm/Floor Amend/Sub                                                         
             4/1/96    Sent To Governor                                                             
             4/9/96    Signed by Governor                                                           
             872       Act/Veto Number                                                              
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Code Sections amended: 36-1-7                                                                       


SB 659 96                                            SB659/AP

      SENATE BILL 659

      By:  Senators Dean of the 31st, Ray of the 19th and
           Marable of the 52nd

                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Chapter 1 of Title 36 of the Official Code of
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative
  1- 3  to counties, so as to provide that copies of the county
  1- 4  financial statement or audit be submitted to the grand jury;
  1- 5  to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws;
  1- 6  and for other purposes.

  1- 7       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 8  Chapter 1 of Title 36 of the Official Code of Georgia
  1- 9  Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to
  1-10  counties, is amended by striking subsection (a) of Code
  1-11  Section 36-1-7, relating to submissions of returns by county
  1-12  officials to the grand juries, and inserting in lieu thereof
  1-13  the following:

  1-14    "(a) The judges of the probate courts, county treasurers,
  1-15    clerks of the superior courts, and sheriffs of the various
  1-16    counties shall make a return, under oath, to the grand
  1-17    juries of their respective counties on the first day of
  1-18    each term of the superior court. The return shall set
  1-19    forth a just and true statement of the amount of money
  1-20    belonging to the county which was received by them and the
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  1-22    expenditures, accompanied by proper vouchers a copy of the
  1-23    most recent financial statement or annual audit of the
  1-24    financial affairs of the county offices subject to this
  1-25    Code section."

                         SECTION 2.

  1-26  This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the
  1-27  Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval.

                         SECTION 3.

  1-28  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  1-29  repealed.


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