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H. B. No. 322 As IntroducedAs Introduced
130th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2013-2014 |
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Representatives Duffey, Hagan, C.
Cosponsors:
Representatives Amstutz, Blair, Butler, Henne, Landis, Roegner, Schuring, Terhar, Bishoff
A BILL
To enact section 117.432 of the Revised Code to
require the Auditor of State to adopt rules
regarding a uniform accounting system for public
offices.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 117.432 of the Revised Code be
enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 117.432. (A) The general assembly recognizes that
government transparency requires a common language of definitions
for public information and that a uniform chart of accounts
improves financial management while maintaining the principle of
home rule over local matters. It is declared to be a public
purpose and function of the state to facilitate the ability of the
public easily to compare public data generated by the state and
other public offices using this common language. With these goals
in mind, the general assembly hereby creates a uniform chart of
accounts for public offices in Ohio.
(B) Within one year of the effective date of this section,
the auditor of state shall establish, by rule adopted under
Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, appropriate uniform accounting
procedures and charts of accounts that may be used by all public
offices. Public offices that maintain their financial records in
accordance with the rules established by the auditor of state
under this section shall be declared by the auditor to have earned
a "DataOhio Transparency Award-Uniformity of Accounting."
(C) Not later than three years after the effective date of
this section, the auditor of state shall submit to the general
assembly proposed legislation to establish uniform accounting
procedures and charts of accounts for all public offices. In doing
so, the auditor of state shall consider the experience of public
offices that have maintained their financial records in accordance
with the rules established under this section.
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