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- Introduced by Rep. Paul Opsommer (R) on February 4, 2009, to require the state to post on an internet website by Jan. 1, 2010 a free searchable database containing the details of every expenditure by each state department and agency, including the name of the entity receiving the funds, the amount, the type of transaction, the budget source of the funds, and a description of the purpose expenditure. The bill defines "expenditure of state funds" as the expenditure of all appropriated or nonappropriated funds including purchases, contracts and subcontracts, and grants. Essentially, the bill requires the state make public its “check register” in an accessible form.
- Referred to the House Oversight And Investigations Committee on February 4, 2009.
- Referred to the House Government Operations Committee on February 26, 2009.
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1) Re: 2009 House Bill 4150 (Place state’s “check register” on-line ) by crazycajun on February 9, 2009only IF the citizens held the politicians RESPONSIBLE for their spending.
the left has a nagging tendency to forgive such things.
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This bill would pay for itself once the information was on line and publicized.
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the federal proposal was (as usual) so full of PORK that the president found that, like trueblue, he could not support the work of his own party.
it's a bad position to be in, when one professes one thing, but finds himself through necessity, forced to vote against it.
there are also those that are against this show of transparency on cost issues alone. they ask themselves if transparency is actually worth the billions in spending it could cost to get it. some conservatives say no. most democrats do not wish the government to be THAT TRANSPARENT.
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