PRINTER'S NO. 3953
No. 2850 Session of 1998
INTRODUCED BY HERMAN, BARD, LESCOVITZ, ROSS AND COY,
OCTOBER 6, 1998
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT, OCTOBER 6, 1998
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), entitled,
2 as amended, "An act relating to counties of the third,
3 fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth classes; amending,
4 revising, consolidating and changing the laws relating
5 thereto; and providing for regional renaissance initiatives,"
6 further providing for reports to the Department of Community
7 and Economic Development; and making editorial changes.
8 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
9 hereby enacts as follows:
10 Section 1. Section 1720 of the act of August 9, 1955
11 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County Code, amended May 6, 1981
12 (P.L.49, No.16), is amended to read:
13 Section 1720. Controller's Settlement of Accounts; Report to
14 Common Pleas; Publications; Financial Report to Department of
15 Community [Affairs] and Economic Development.--The controller
16 shall, at the end of each fiscal year, complete the audit,
17 settlement and adjustment of the accounts of all county
18 officers. He shall, before the first day of [April] July in
19 every year, make a report, verified by oath or affirmation, to
20 the Court of Common Pleas of said county, of all receipts and
1 expenditures of the county for the preceding year, in detail,
2 and classified by reference to the object thereof, together with
3 a full statement of the financial conditions of the county. A
4 concise summary of this report shall thereupon be published one
5 time in such newspapers published in said county as the
6 controller may direct, but the aggregate cost thereof shall not
7 exceed fifteen hundred dollars ($1500) in any one year in any
8 county, to be paid for out of the county treasury. Such report
9 may also be published in printed pamphlets at the cost of the
10 county, the number and cost of such pamphlets to be determined
11 by the controller and the county commissioners. The controller
12 shall also, before the first day of [April] July, make an annual
13 report to the Department of Community [Affairs] and Economic
14 Development of the financial condition of the county, on forms
15 furnished by the Secretary of Community [Affairs] and Economic
16 Development, and subject to the penalties provided in section
17 one thousand seven hundred twenty-one of this act for auditors
18 refusing or neglecting to make similar reports. Within the
19 summary of the auditor's or controller's report, there shall be
20 a notice to the public that the entire text of the report shall
21 be available for public inspection during regular business hours
22 in the office of the auditor or controller.
23 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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