MS HB143

Creates the Commission on Local Government Efficiency and Reform consisting of legislative committee chairs, appointed legislators and citizens, and representatives from the Stennis Institute of Government, Mississippi Association of Supervisors, and Mississippi Municipal League

Directs the commission to study local government use of state funds (sales tax revenues, homestead exemption payments, road funds), possibilities for streamlining services through interlocal agreements, consolidation of government units, and shared administrative services

Requires the commission to submit a report to the Speaker of the House and Lieutenant Governor by December 15, 2015, with findings and recommendations on efficient delivery of local government services and any needed legislative or constitutional changes

Limits commission meetings to 12 days between July 1, 2014 and December 15, 2015, with legislative members receiving per diem and citizen members receiving travel expenses paid from Department of Finance and Administration funds

Automatically repeals on December 15, 2015