Read the following passage carefully:
In 2025, the Municipal Governance Reform Act mandated that any local administrative body deploying Automated Decision Systems (ADS) for public welfare allocation must undergo mandatory bi-annual third-party algorithmic bias audits. Under the statutory framework, if an audit reveals a disparity exceeding five percent in benefit distribution across demographic groups, the system's operational license is automatically suspended until remediation is verified. However, the legislation explicitly exempts proprietary algorithms leased from private vendors prior to January 2024, provided that the vendor submits annual self-certified compliance declarations. Recent administrative reviews indicated that over sixty percent of welfare allocation systems currently operational were procured before this cutoff date. Consequently, public advocacy groups contend that while the Act establishes stringent oversight mechanisms for newer software, the statutory exemption creates a persistent structural loophole that leaves the majority of algorithmic welfare decisions unscrutinized by independent auditors.
Based on the passage above, which of the following statements is a logically necessary inference regarding the operation of welfare allocation systems under the Municipal Governance Reform Act?
- An automated welfare allocation system deployed by a municipal body can lawfully operate without undergoing independent third-party bias audits only if it is a pre-January 2024 vendor-leased proprietary system with active self-certified declarations.Cevap
- BAny welfare allocation system currently exhibiting a demographic distribution disparity greater than five percent will face immediate license suspension.
- CPrivate vendors providing proprietary software are inherently less reliable at preventing demographic bias than municipal third-party auditors.
- DThe Municipal Governance Reform Act will fail to achieve any meaningful reduction in demographic inequality across municipal welfare programs.