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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3095 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2045 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Tricia Farley-Bouvier and Paul W. Mark |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act authorizing the city of Pittsfield to award a 1 year or multiple year contract to audit. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Tricia Farley-Bouvier2nd Berkshire1/11/2023Paul W. MarkBerkshire, Hampden, Franklin and |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3095 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 19 | 19 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2045 |
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| 20 | 20 | | By Representative Farley-Bouvier of Pittsfield and Senator Mark, a joint petition (accompanied |
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| 21 | 21 | | by bill, House, No. 2045) of Tricia Farley-Bouvier and Paul W. Mark (with the approval of the |
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| 22 | 22 | | mayor and city council) relative to authorizing the city of Pittsfield to award a 1 year or multiple |
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| 23 | 23 | | year contract to audit the books and accounts of said city. Municipalities and Regional |
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| 24 | 24 | | Government. [Local Approval Received.] |
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| 25 | 25 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 29 | 29 | | _______________ |
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| 30 | 30 | | An Act authorizing the city of Pittsfield to award a 1 year or multiple year contract to audit. |
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| 31 | 31 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 32 | 32 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 33 | 33 | | 1 SECTION 1. Article 7 of section 22 of chapter 72 of the acts of 2013 is hereby amended |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2by striking out Section 7-6 inserting in place thereof the following section:- |
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| 35 | 35 | | 3 SECTION 7-6 INDEPENDENT AUDIT. |
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| 36 | 36 | | 4 The city council shall annually provide for an outside audit of the books and accounts of |
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| 37 | 37 | | 5the city to be conducted by a certified public accountant or a firm of certified public accountants, |
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| 38 | 38 | | 6which has no personal interest, direct or indirect, in the fiscal affairs of the city or any of its |
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| 39 | 39 | | 7officers. The mayor shall annually provide to the city council a sum of money sufficient to |
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| 40 | 40 | | 8satisfy the estimated cost of conducting the audit as presented to the mayor, in writing, by the |
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| 41 | 41 | | 9city council. The city council may award a 1 year or multiple year contract to audit on or before |
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| 42 | 42 | | 10September 15 of the first year of the contract year. The report of the audit shall be filed in final |
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| 43 | 43 | | 11form with the city council not later than March 1 in the year following its award. At least every 5 2 of 2 |
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| 44 | 44 | | 12years, the city council shall conduct a competitive procurement process to retain these auditing |
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| 45 | 45 | | 13services. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 14 SECTION 2. All contracts for audit services entered into or executed by the city before |
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| 47 | 47 | | 15the effective date of this act shall be valid and enforceable. |
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