2006 House Bill 5975

Require financial disclosure for government commercial activity

Introduced in the House

April 25, 2006

Introduced by Rep. Rick Jones (R-71)

To require audited financial disclosure reports from government entities engaged in commercial activity, which means providing goods or services that can normally be obtained from private enterprises. The disclosure would have to show all income and expenditures. Grants (subsidies) from the public entity could not be counted as income, and expenses would have to show a proportionate share of common expenses shared with other government agencies, such as utility costs, supplies, repair and replacement costs, insurance of all types, employee compensation, employee benefits, payroll taxes, debt service, and depreciation of all types.

Referred to the Committee on Government Operations