Carroll County - Subject to local approval, enacts the "Carroll County Financial Management System of 2024." -

This bill establishes a new Financial Management System for Carroll County to modernize how the county handles its finances. It creates a central Finance Department responsible for accounting, budgeting, payroll, and other financial tasks for all county agencies except the school system. The law also sets up a new Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to oversee financial policies and procedures. Additionally, the bill clarifies that certain county officers must transfer their fees to the general fund and have their salaries paid from that fund rather than from collected fees.