HB 2126-S - DIGEST |
(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE) |
Provides the tools necessary to prevent a default on debt issued by public facilities districts before the next regularly scheduled legislative session. |
Creates the distressed public facilities district obligation account. |
Requires the state treasurer to transfer forty-two million dollars from the local sales and use tax account into the distressed public facilities district obligation account. |
Requires the state treasurer and the state auditor to: (1) Examine the financial condition of the state's two thousand four hundred local governmental entities to identify those in which there may be indications of financial distress; and |
(2) Consult with certain parties to assist in the examination of the financial conditions of the local governments. |
Requires the state treasurer to recommend legislation to establish a forward-looking capacity to protect the state and its local governmental entities from negative effects in the unlikely event of another impending default on debts owed by a local governmental entity. |