Resolve, To Direct the Department of Audit To Establish a Working Group To Develop a Model Chart of Accounts for All Levels of Government

Sec. 1. Working group established. Resolved: That the Department of Audit shall create a working group to develop a model chart of accounts to be voluntarily adopted by municipalities, counties and the State, as may be applicable. The working group must include representatives from the Maine Municipal Association, the Maine County Commissioners Association, state agencies, including the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Office of the State Controller and the Executive Department, State Planning Office, and may work with accounting and financing associations, including the Government Finance Officers Association; and be it further

Sec. 2. Report. Resolved: That the Department of Audit shall report the working group's model chart of accounts under section 1 to the Intergovernmental Advisory Commission no later than November 1, 2006.