Replaced by Substitute

AMENDMENT NO 1 TO COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO

House Bill No. 1637

BY: Senator(s) Horhn, Hill

Amend by striking lines 295 through 303 and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

Section 14.  (1)  (a)  The Joint Legislative Committee on Performance Evaluation and Expenditure Review (PEER Committee) shall conduct a review of the bureau, which shall include, but not be limited to, accounting practices, office operations, administration, staffing, resource utilization and other best practices of facility management.  The review shall be provided to the Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House, mayor and members of the council by not later than December 15, 2018.  The report shall also be posted on the PEER Committee website.

(b)  The PEER Committee may contract with a private contractor or contractors to conduct the review, or any part or parts thereof required by this section.

(2)  (a)  In the event that the PEER Committee determines that contractors should be used, it shall seek competitive proposals for services and select the lowest and best proposal or proposals.

(b)  The bureau shall be legally and unconditionally obligated to pay the expenses of any work performed by any such contractor or contractors utilized by the PEER Committee as provided in paragraph (c) of this subsection to perform the work described in subsection (1) of this section.

(c)  Upon completion of the review and after the Executive Director of the PEER Committee has accepted the work product of the contractor or contractors, the contractor or contractors utilized shall submit to the bureau an invoice or invoices for the costs of services rendered in an amount not to exceed One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00), in the aggregate.  In the event that the contractor or contractors are not paid within thirty (30) days of submitting the invoice or invoices, the contractor or contractors shall notify the PEER Committee of the failure to make payment.  In such case, the Executive Director of the PEER Committee shall give notice to the Commissioner of Revenue.  Upon receipt of the notice, the Commissioner of Revenue shall immediately impound the revenue from the tax levied by authority of this act until such time as sufficient funds are accumulated to pay the contractor or contractors.  At that time, the Department of Revenue shall pay the invoice or invoices from the impounded funds.

(d)  The review required by this section shall be prepared for the purpose of benefiting the City of Jackson in the administration of its visitors' and convention programs, and for the purpose of assisting the Legislature in determining the need for continued authorization of the taxes levied by this act.