Chambers seeks greater access
January 30, 2007 at 10:32 am by Web Editor in News
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Rep. Jill Chambers, R-Atlanta, hopes to pass her House Bill 91, which would give the Legislature greater access up front to how money is being absorbed and allocated by the executive branch.
As it stands, the joint appropriations committee gets a bulk report of department finances. Chambers’ bill would require that each agency submit to lawmakers a detailed statement of all tax revenues and operating revenues received by the agency during the immediately preceding fiscal year, and also a statement of total expenditures. The bill also demands from each agency an itemized list of contracts.
Chambers, who is chair of the MARTOC Committee that oversees MARTA’s finances, said she learned about the necessity of more detailed itemization from her work on the MARTOC Committee, and now wants to apply that to the broader legislative budgeting process.
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