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URA FINANCIAL REPORTING AND AUDIT SCAM

The Montana Code has TWO provisions REQUIRING:
 - Detailed IN-DEPTH annual financials from ALL URA’s.
 - These MUST be available to the public at TWO offices at Courthouse.
  
These MUST be ADVERTISED in the paper as publicly available.  If over $500K/yr., there MUST be a FULL AUDIT every other year.
   
NONE OF THIS IS BEING DONE IN FLAGRANT VIOLATION OF MT LAWS.
   

BACKGROUND & DETAILS

WHERE ARE THE FINANCIAL REPORTS AND THE AUDITS; AREN’T THEY REQUIRED?

Yes, they are required. On page 1 & 3 of the Audit Proofs below are the statutes. But there are NO financial reports; without the mandated annual financials NO ONE CAN DO AN AUDIT.  

HUH?  Page1 of the Audit Proofs below is MCA 7-15-4237. It REQUIRES a highly detailed annual report from ALL such “URA’S” statewide. It also REQUIRES that a copy be available to the public in URA’s office and in Clerk & Recorder’s Office.  [It also REQUIRES that this availability to the public be ADVERTISED in the newspaper each year.]

WHY NO REPORTS? On page 2 of the Audit Proofs below is the record of Karen Byrnes telling the MT Legislative Auditor on 10/17/18 that there are no “written” annual financial reports-and that she (supposedly) gives a report in person to BSB Commissioners instead.[NOT legal.] This record also shows the Legislative Auditor reminding Karen of the statutory requirement that these reports must be filed AND noticed (in the paper) ANNUALLY.

WHAT ABOUT AUDITS? Page 3 of the Audit Proofs below shows MCA 2-7-503-(3) (a), which requires audit every two years for ALL local government entities with revenue above $500K/yr. Page 4 shows Karen telling the Legislative Auditor that the URA is audited. IT IS NOT. The County is audited but NOT the URA…which IS a “local gov’t entity” with revenue above $500K/yr.

  

Click Links Below to See Proofs
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AUDIT PROOFS  |  17 Year History of Hiding Numbers (Proof)  |
Proofs Document 1  |  Proofs Document 2  |

        

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