Convention center performance audits; annual performance reports - 64 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 6020

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     § 6020.  Convention center performance audits; annual
                performance reports.
        (a)  Convention center performance audits.--The board shall
     cause periodic performance audits of the convention center to be
     conducted and completed at least 90 days after the end of every
     third fiscal year beginning with the fiscal year ending in 2004,
     six months prior to the termination of any agreement with any
     labor organization of which the authority is signatory if the
     labor agreement terminates more than 18 months after the
     submission of the previous performance audit and at such
     additional times as the board shall determine. Performance
     audits shall be conducted in accordance with all of the
     following:
            (1)  The performance audit shall be performed by an
        independent auditing or consulting firm with recognized
        experience in the convention industry and shall examine and
        report on all of the following:
                (i)  Customer satisfaction at the convention center.
                (ii)  Labor costs at the convention center, which
            shall include a comparison of labor costs at the
            convention center with labor costs at convention centers
            in this Commonwealth and in other states.
                (iii)  Rebooking rates of events at the convention
            center categorized by size and hotel room nights, which
            shall include a comparison of rebooking rates of previous
            years at the convention center and rebooking rates of
            events at convention centers in this Commonwealth and in
            other states.
                (iv)  Booking rates of events at the convention
            center categorized by size and hotel room nights, which
            shall include a comparison of booking rates of previous
            years at the convention center and booking rates of
            events at convention centers in this Commonwealth and in
            other states.
                (v)  Hotel booking rates in the Philadelphia
            Metropolitan Statistical Area related to the convention
            center industry, which shall include a comparison of
            hotel booking rates in the Philadelphia Metropolitan
            Statistical Area during previous years.
                (vi)  Compliance with the code of conduct and other
            work rules at the convention center and enforcement of
            the code of conduct and other work rules at the
            convention center by the authority and its designees.
                (vii)  Any other items proposed by the board.
            (2)  No later than 30 days after the completion of the
        performance audit, the board shall submit the results of the
        performance audit to the Governor, the Secretary of Community
        and Economic Development, the President pro tempore of the
        Senate, the Majority Leader of the Senate, the Minority
        Leader of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
        Representatives, the Majority Leader of the House of
        Representatives, the Minority Leader of the House of
        Representatives, the chairperson and minority chairperson of
        the Appropriations Committee of the Senate, the chairperson
        and minority chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of
        the House of Representatives, the chief executive officer of
        the city in which the convention center is located and the
        council president of the city in which the convention center
        is located.
        (b)  Annual performance reports.--The board shall complete a
     performance report no later than 90 days after the end of each
     fiscal year beginning with the first fiscal year ending after
     the effective date of this section except in years in which the
     board completes and submits a performance audit as provided for
     in subsection (a). Performance reports shall comply with all of
     the following:
            (1)  The performance report shall include a summary of
        the following:
                (i)  Customer satisfaction at the convention center.
                (ii)  Violations of the code of conduct or other work
            rules at the convention center, which shall include the
            identity of any organization whose members or
            representatives violate the code of conduct or other work
            rules, a description of each violation and the number of
            such violations.
                (iii)  Actions taken by the authority or its designee
            to enforce the code of conduct and other work rules at
            the convention center.
                (iv)  Complaints of customers and visitors at the
            convention center, if any, and the response of the
            authority or its designee to such complaints.
                (v)  A variance of more than 5% in any line item of
            the authority's approved operating budget for the fiscal
            year covered by the performance report and the reason for
            such variance.
                (vi)  Any deficit in the authority's operating budget
            for the fiscal year covered by the performance report and
            the reason for such deficit.
                (vii)  Any deficit, estimated deficit or projected
            year-end deficit in the adopted operating budget for the
            fiscal year immediately following the fiscal year covered
            in the performance report and the reason for such
            deficit.
                (viii)  Booking and rebooking rates of events at the
            convention center categorized by size and hotel room
            nights.
                (ix)  Hotel booking rates in the Philadelphia
            Metropolitan Statistical Area related to the convention
            center industry.
                (x)  Any other items as the authority shall
            determine.
            (2)  No later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal
        year, the board shall submit the performance report to the
        Governor, the Secretary of Community and Economic
        Development, the President pro tempore of the Senate, the
        Majority Leader of the Senate, the Minority Leader of the
        Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the
        Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, the Minority
        Leader of the House of Representatives, the chairperson and
        minority chairperson of the Appropriations Committee of the
        Senate, the chairperson and minority chairperson of the
        Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives, the
        chief executive officer of the city in which the convention
        center is located and the council president of the city in
        which the convention center is located.

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