Bill Text: MS HB272 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Department of Corrections; revise the contract amount that must be approved by the Public Procurement Review Board.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-02-04 - Died In Committee [HB272 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2014-HB272-Introduced.html
MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2014 Regular Session
To: Corrections; S.C. Accountblty,Efficiency,Transparency
By: Representative Turner
House Bill 272
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 47-5-105, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE CONTRACT AMOUNT THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS MUST RECEIVE APPROVAL FROM THE PUBLIC PROCUREMENT REVIEW BOARD BEFORE A CONTRACT MAY BE AWARDED BY THE DEPARTMENT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 47-5-105, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
47-5-105. The award of all
contracts in excess of * * * One Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($100,000.00) entered into by the commissioner shall be approved by
the Public Procurement Review Board and shall be entered on the minutes of such
board before any funds shall be expended therefor. Provided further, that the entrance
of the award of contracts on the minutes of the Public Procurement Review Board
shall contain a detailed accounting of all bids entered showing clearly the
lowest bid and best bid that was awarded in each and every case and, if the bid
accepted is not the lowest, then the reasons and justification for not
accepting the lowest bid shall be spread on the minutes. A true copy of the
minutes of each meeting of such Public Procurement Review Board shall be sent
monthly to the Governor, members of the Legislative Budget Office and Chairmen
of the Corrections Committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2014.
