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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) The county auditor or, in a county that does not have a county auditor, the county treasurer immediately after the first regular term of the commissioners court in the year shall publish an exhibit that shows the aggregate amount paid from each fund for the four preceding quarters and the balance to the debit or credit of each fund. The exhibit must also list:
(1) the amount of the county indebtedness;
(2) the respective dates of accrual of that indebtedness;
(3) to whom the debt is owed;
(4) the reason for the debt; and
(5) the amount to the debit or credit of each officer or other person with whom an account is kept in the county finance records.
(b) The county official designated by Subsection (a) shall publish the exhibit once in a weekly newspaper that is published in the county. The commissioners court shall order the payment of the publication costs from the general fund of the county. If no paper is published in the county, the county official shall post a copy of the exhibit in each commissioner's precinct. One must be posted at the courthouse door, and one must be posted at public places in each of the other three commissioners' precincts.
(c) A county publishing monthly financial reports under Section 114.023 that publishes its comprehensive annual financial report on its Internet website is not required to publish an exhibit under this section.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Local Government Code - LOC GOV'T § 114.022. County Annual Financial Exhibit - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/local-government-code/loc-gov-t-sect-114-022/
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