SB651 SFA TRUMP 3-21 #1
Schindzielorz 7892
Senator Trump moved to amend the bill by striking out everything after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
ARTICLE 9. SCHOOL FINANCES.
§18-9-3a. Preparation, publication, and disposition of financial statements by county boards of education.
(a) The county board of every
county, within 90 days after the beginning of each fiscal year, shall prepare
on a form to be prescribed by the State Tax Commissioner and the state
superintendent of free schools, and cause to be published, a statement revealing
providing the following information:
(a) (1) The receipts and
expenditures of the board during the previous fiscal year arranged under
descriptive headings;
(b) the (2) The name of each
firm, corporation, and person who received more than $250 in the aggregate from
all funds during the previous fiscal year, together with the aggregate amount
received from all funds and the purpose for which paid: Provided,
That such statement shall not include the name of any person who has entered
into a contract with this board pursuant to the provisions of sections two,
three, four and five, article two, chapter eighteen-a of this code; and
(c) all (3) All debts of the
board, the purpose for which each debt was contracted, its due date, and to
what date the interest thereon has been paid.
Such (b) The financial statement
shall be published as a either:
(1) As a Class I-0 legal advertisement
in compliance with the provisions of §59-3-1 et seq. of this code, and
the publication area for such publication shall be the county. The county
board shall pay the cost of publishing such statement from the maintenance fund
of the board.; or
(c) The financial statement, if published as a Class I-0 legal advertisement, shall not include the name of any person who has entered into a contract with this board pursuant to the provisions of §18A-2-2, §18A-2-3, §18A-2-4, and §18A-2-5 of this code.
(d) The financial statement, if published on the county board’s website, shall include the name of every person who has entered into a contract with this board pursuant to the provisions of §18A-2-2, §18A-2-3, §18A-2-4, and §18A-2-5 of this code, and amounts paid to each.
(e) The county board shall pay the cost of publishing the financial statement, if published as a Class I-0 legal advertisement, from the maintenance fund of the board.
(f) As soon as is practicable following the close of the fiscal year, a copy of the published statement herein required shall be filed by the county board with the State Tax Commissioner and with the state superintendent of free schools.
(g) The county board shall
transmit to any resident of the county requesting the same a copy of the
published statement for the fiscal year designated, supplemented by a list of
the names of all school personnel employed by the board during such fiscal year
showing the amount paid to each, and a list of the names of each firm,
corporation, and person who received less than $500 $250 from any
fund during such fiscal year showing the amount paid to each and the purpose
for which paid.
(h) The changes made by the amendments to this section enacted during the 2021 regular session of the Legislature shall be effective for financial statements for the fiscal year commencing on July 1, 2023.
Adopted
Rejected