Mandate for local governments to post budgets online
As you can see, transparency is on the minds of legislators:
Most local governments would have their budgets and audits posted on the Internet under legislation unanimously approved by the Georgia House on Tuesday. The obligation would apply to cities and counties with budgets of more than $1 million, said Rep. Ed Lindsey (R-Atlanta), the bill’s sponsor. The Carl Vinson Institute at the University of Georgia would post the budgets and audits on line. The cities and counties already are required to produce the budgets and audits. The goal, Lindsey said, is to allow citizens to have easy access to records on how their government is spending their money. It also will allow people with Internet access to compare the spending of their city or county to that of other governments, he said. The bill now goes to the state Senate for consideration.
I really like this legislation.
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February 16th, 2010 at 9:16 pm
While I think HB 122 is a step in the right direction. I wish the original bill was passed instead of the committee substitute. How many counties don’t keep their records on computers? I bet the answer is zero. I don’t believe is would have taken the counties any more than 15 minutes a month to create expense and revenues reports. I bet they already create those reports for their commisioners. I know, I used to get them. The short one page summary and the one inch notebook version. Good Job Rep Lindsey on getting at least this passed in the house and having ACCG and GMA agree with it.