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AZ SB1264

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/28/2010

Primary Sponsor

Jonathan Paton

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Origin

Senate

Forty-ninth Legislature - Second Regular Session (2010)

AI Summary

  • Establishes a comprehensive internet web portal maintained by the auditor general listing all governmental and quasi-governmental entities with jurisdiction over any entered address, with linked agency websites containing board member contact information, administrative head details, election information, tax/fee information, and financial links.

  • Requires all governmental and quasi-governmental entities to maintain electronically searchable, publicly accessible databases of receipts and expenditures by December 31, 2011, allowing users to search by budget units, programs, and vendors, with data retained for at least 10 fiscal years and updated within 30 days after each fiscal year ends.

  • Mandates governmental entities establish outcome-based, measurable performance benchmarks for all programs and services that reflect cost efficiency and post this information on their agency websites.

  • Requires public officials to report all expenditures of public monies for publications, advertising, and press releases featuring their name or likeness to the auditor general, which maintains a searchable database of these promotional spending reports.

  • Establishes reporting requirements for school test scores (searchable by district, school, grade, and teacher), governmental debt information (maintained by Department of Revenue), and law enforcement crime statistics (posted by July 1 each year, retained for five years), with civil penalties of up to $5,000 for non-compliance.

Legislative Description

Comprehensive reporting of governmental information

Last Action

Referred to Senate RULES Committee

2/23/2010

Full Bill Text

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