Bill Number: S.B. 1351

                                                                                                          Worsley Floor Amendment

                                                                                                              Reference to: printed bill

                                                                          Amendment drafted by: Legislative Council

 

 

Includes certain notice requirements when the Rio Nuevo board plans an expenditure of at least $500,000.

 

Permits the respective chairpersons of the Senate Finance committee and the House Ways and Means committee to hold a hearing related to specified annual reporting requirements.

 

Fifty-first Legislature                                                   Worsley

Second Regular Session                                                  S.B. 1351

 

WORSLEY FLOOR AMENDMENT

SENATE AMENDMENTS TO S.B. 1351

(Reference to printed bill)

 

Page 4, line 32, after the period insert "At the discretion of the chairpersons of the senate finance committee and the house of representatives ways and means committee, or their successor committees, the committees may hold separate or joint hearings to consider the annual report prepared by the district."

Page 5, between lines 35 and 36, insert:

"C.  For the public funds identified in section 48-4237, including funds distributed pursuant to section 42-5031, and from which the district board has planned an expenditure of five hundred thousand dollars or more, the following apply:

1.  Each district board member shall provide advance notice of the consideration of the expenditure by the board to the person who holds the office that is responsible for that board member's appointment. 

2.  The notice prescribed in paragraph 1 of this subsection must be provided by regular mail delivered to the office that is responsible for that board member's appointment and may be preceded by any other form of notice.  The notice must be provided at least two weeks before the date of the meeting and must be posted to the district's website on the day the notice is mailed.

3.  The notice prescribed in paragraph 1 of this subsection must be accompanied by the board member's written statement as to whether the board member has any financial interest in the subject of the proposed expenditure by the board.  The board members' written statements may be provided in a single document that is prepared by the board's administrative personnel but must be signed by the board members and must be posted to the district's website with the notice prescribed in paragraph 1 of this subsection.

4.  The district board may not artificially divide or fragment planned expenditures so as to circumvent the requirements of this subsection."

Reletter to conform

Amend title to conform

 

 

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