Senate Amendments to House Bill No. 1115

 

TO THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE:

 

  THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT THE SENATE HAS ADOPTED THE AMENDMENTS SET OUT BELOW:

 

 

 

AMENDMENT NO. 1

 

     AMEND by inserting the following after the period on line 169:

Provided, however, that no funds shall be appropriated to the Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi under authority of this subsection (5) until the Partnership submits to the Legislative Budget Office a complete audit of all expenditures made by the Partnership from tobacco settlement payments beginning with fiscal year 1999 through fiscal year 2005.  This audit shall include an accounting of all expenditures made by the Partnership for a Healthy Mississippi during this seven-year period for state contracts, local governmental contracts, faith-based contracts and any other expenditure made, to include all monies appropriated by the Legislature and all monies not appropriated by the Legislature.  The audit shall be conducted by a certified public accountant firm approved by the State Auditor.

 

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                                                 John O. Gilbert

                                         Secretary of the Senate