CS/HB 7065: Local Government Fiscal Transparency
GENERAL BILL by Government Accountability Committee ; Ways and Means Committee ; Burton ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Metz
Local Government Fiscal Transparency; Revises Legislative Auditing Committee duties; specifies purpose of local government fiscal transparency requirements; requires local governments to post certain voting record information on websites; requires property appraisers & local governments to post certain property tax information & history on websites; requires public notices for public hearings & meetings prior to certain increases of local government tax levies; specifies noticing & advertising requirements; requires local governments to conduct debt affordability analyses under specified conditions; provides method for local governments that do not operate website to post certain required information.
- Ethics and Elections (EE)
- Rules (RC)
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 3/9/2017 | House |
• Filed • Introduced -HJ 331 |
| 3/20/2017 | House |
• Referred to Government Accountability Committee -HJ 395 |
| 4/17/2017 | House |
• PCS on Committee agenda-- Government Accountability Committee, 04/19/17, 8:00 am, Morris Hall |
| 4/19/2017 | House |
• CS by- Government Accountability Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 8 -HJ 787 |
| 4/20/2017 | House |
• Pending review of CS -under Rule 7.18(c) • Placed on Calendar -HJ 784 • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/25/17 • CS by Government Accountability Committee read 1st time -HJ 783 |
| 4/25/2017 | House |
• Read 2nd time -HJ 827 • Amendment(s) adopted (115257) -HJ 828 • Placed on 3rd reading |
| 4/26/2017 | House |
• Read 3rd time -HJ 868 • CS passed as amended; YEAS 98 NAYS 15 -HJ 868 |
| 4/26/2017 | Senate |
• In Messages |
| 4/30/2017 | Senate |
• Referred to Ethics and Elections; Rules -SJ 612 |
| 5/1/2017 | Senate |
• Received -SJ 612 |
| 5/5/2017 | Senate |
• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration • Died in Ethics and Elections |