March 2, 2020 Group Watch: Senate Committee Eliminates Office of State Auiditor
The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee voted a bill as substituted to eliminate the Office of the State Auditor. The committee voted for the substitute 6-5, which would not affect the current officeholder, State Auditor Jim Zeigler. As a proposed constitutional amendment, the bill would go on the November general election ballot for a vote if passed by the legislature; the measure, if approved, would go into effect following Zeigler’s current term. Under the proposed constitutional amendment, the duties of the State Auditor would be transferred the Examiners’ of Public Accounts.
