JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi House has passed a bill designed to bring more public scrutiny to state government contracts.
House Bill 825 passed 109-7 on Wednesday and will move to the Senate for more work.
The bill would create a new contract review board, with members appointed by the governor and lieutenant governor.
The proposed changes come in response to no-bid contracts revealed in federal corruption indictments of the former state corrections commissioner and a businessman.
The Senate on Tuesday passed two bills dealing with government contracts and purchasing. Those measures move to the House for more work. They are Senate Bill 2400 and Senate Bill 2553.
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