(a) Whenever a governing body for a municipality, or any of a municipality's boards, committees, or any other entities of any kind or nature authorized in this chapter, obtains information that an employee, officer, or member of the municipality, or any of a municipality's boards, committees, or any other entities of any kind or nature authorized in this chapter may have misappropriated funds, engaged in fraud, or otherwisee violated a law relating to the public trust, the governing body for a municipality, or the municipality's board, committee, or other entity authorized in this chapter shall timelyr report that information or allegation in writing to the county prosecutor's office, the Legislature's Commission on Special Investigations and the State Auditor. (b) The reporting of the information under subsection (a) of tthis section does not prevent, relieve or replace a report to a law-enforcement agency, if appropriate or warranted.
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