EXPLANATION: Conduct forensic audit on the finances of Hampton County.

Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 117, GENERAL PROVISIONS, page 561, after line 3, by adding an appropriately numbered proviso to read:

/(GP: Hampton County Audit) Of the funds appropriated in this act and/or carried forward from the previous fiscal year, the Office of the State Auditor, in coordination with the Office of the Inspector General, is directed to contract a firm to conduct a forensic audit on the finances of Hampton County from Fiscal Year 2015-16 through Fiscal Year 2023-24. The State Auditor shall oversee the auditing process and provide interim and final reports to the Hampton County Council, the Hampton County Delegation, the Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and the Chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee upon completion. /

Amend totals and titles to conform.