Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 76, OFFICE OF THE STATE TREASURER, page 466, after line 28, by adding an appropriately numbered new proviso to read:
/ 76.___. (TREAS: Unclaimed Property) The General Assembly finds that the Unclaimed Property Act does not permit the Treasurer to hire third party auditors on a contingency basis or any other basis other than an hourly basis. The State Treasurer may not expend funds to retain a third party, private sector auditor, or auditing firms to fulfill his duties pursuant to the South Carolina Uniform Unclaimed Property Act on a contingency basis or any basis other than an hourly basis. The Office of State Treasurer shall retain $200,000 from the Unclaimed Property Program for the sole purpose of employing internal compliance auditors to enforce the Unclaimed Property Act. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend sections, totals and title to conform.