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2014 Regular Session

House Bill 711

State Auditor; authorize to audit RESTORE Act funds and charge actual cost of agency audits.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on February 17, 2014. The 2014 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 7-7-81, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE AUDITOR TO AUDIT PROJECTS, ENTITIES AND THEIR USE OF FUNDS FROM THE FEDERAL RESTORE ACT OF 2012; TO AMEND SECTION 7-7-211, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE AUDITOR TO AUDIT THE FINANCIAL AFFAIRS OF STATE AGENCIES AS DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE AUDITOR; TO PROVIDE THAT THE STATE THROUGH APPROPRIATIONS SHALL PAY FOR THE PART OF THE COST TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AUDIT OF AUDITING LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT EXCEEDS THE ACTUAL COST OF THE SERVICES; TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT AUDITS OF ANY STATE-FUNDED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS AND TO BILL THE OVERSIGHT AGENCY FOR REASONABLE, ACTUAL, AND NECESSARY EXPENSES RELATED TO THESE AUDITS; TO AUTHORIZE THE AUDITOR TO GATHER, AUDIT, OR REVIEW DATA AND INFORMATION FROM THE MISSISSIPPI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, THE RECIPIENT BUSINESSES, OR ANY OTHER PRIVATE, PUBLIC, OR NONPROFIT ENTITY WITH RELEVANT INFORMATION TO THE AUDIT PROJECT, AND TO PUBLISH THOSE AUDIT REPORTS AS THEY ARE COMPLETED; TO AMEND SECTION 7-7-213, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REMOVE THE HOURLY LIMIT ON THE AMOUNTS TO BE CHARGED BY THE AUDITOR FOR PERFORMING AUDITS AND OTHER SERVICES; TO PROVIDE THAT COSTS PAID FOR INDEPENDENT SPECIALISTS OR FIRMS CONTRACTED BY THE STATE AUDITOR SHALL BE PAID BY THE AUDITED ENTITY THROUGH THE STATE AUDITOR SHALL INCLUDE A THREE PERCENT ADMINISTRATIVE COST RECOVERY CHARGE FOR THE REVIEW AND PUBLISHING OF THESE AUDITS AND OTHER SPECIALIST SERVICES; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

1 co-sponsor

John W. Hines, Sr.

Its course

January 20 to February 17, 2014, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action6 actions on 4 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 20 to Feb 718 days

AppropriationsJan 20 to Jan 3010 days

In the SenateFeb 7 to Feb 17 · stopped10 days

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 7

Text

Each version as the Legislature printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 20 – Feb 7

  1. Jan 20Referred to the House committee on Appropriations
  2. Jan 30Reported from committee in the House: title sufficient, do pass as amended
  3. Feb 7Amended in the House
  4. Passed the House as amended

In the Senate Feb 7 – Feb 17

  1. Feb 7Motion in the House to reconsider entered (Brown (66th), Frierson and Huddleston (15th))
  2. Feb 17Died on the calendar in the House
All 6 actions, as published
  1. Jan 20Referred To AppropriationsHouse of Representatives
  2. Jan 30Title Suff Do Pass As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  3. Feb 7AmendedHouse of Representatives
  4. Feb 7Passed As AmendedHouse of Representatives
  5. Feb 7Motion to Reconsider Entered (Brown (66th), Frierson, Huddleston (15th))House of Representatives
  6. Feb 17Died On CalendarHouse of Representatives