Tennessee § 5-8-503 - Noncompliance — Additional audit costs.
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§ 5-8-503. Noncompliance — Additional audit costs.
If any county official or agency receiving and disbursing the revenues of the state or any political subdivision thereof shall fail to comply with § 5-8-502 , the county, within thirty (30) days after the completion of the audit made by the state department of audit under §§ 4-3-304 and 9-3-212 , shall be obligated to pay into the office of the comptroller of the treasury such portion of the actual cost of the audit as exceeds the fee provided by § 9-3-210 . Acts 1953, ch. 25, § 3 (Williams, § 1681.3); impl. am. Acts 1977, ch. 103, §§ 2, 7; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 5-827.
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Section 5-8-503 ("Noncompliance — Additional audit costs.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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