MS HB229

Amends the Mississippi Accountability and Transparency Act of 2008 to expand the definition of "agency" to include counties and municipalities in accountability and transparency requirements.

Requires counties with populations of 20,000 or more and municipalities with populations of 10,000 or more to create and maintain accountability and transparency websites by July 1, 2021, displaying financial reports, budgets, and expenditure information.

Mandates that state agencies, counties, and municipalities list any expenditures of $150,000 or more used to pay sexual harassment settlement claims on their official websites with prominent front-page links.

Requires the state accountability website to include searchable data in machine-readable formats (such as XML) with easy-to-use interfaces and plain English descriptions of all expenditures and funding sources.

Updates the state accountability website definition to remove the exclusion of counties and municipalities, and clarifies that community colleges are excluded from certain meeting notice requirements.