MS HB1499

Creates a 15-member Commission on Local Government Efficiency and Reform, including legislative committee chairs, appointed legislators, the Stennis Institute Director, executives from the Mississippi Association of Supervisors and Municipal League, and citizen members

Requires the commission to study local governments' use of state funds including sales tax revenues, homestead exemption payments, and state aid road funds

Directs review of potential streamlining through interlocal agreements, consolidation of government units and districts, and shared administrative services

Commission must submit findings and recommendations to the Speaker of the House and Lieutenant Governor by December 15, 2014

Commission may meet up to 12 days, with legislative members receiving per diem and travel expenses; the commission and this section automatically repeal after December 15, 2014