1. (a) The commission shall do the following:

   1. (1) Administer a survey and remonumentation of the Indiana-Michigan border.
   2. (2) Recover or reestablish relatively permanent monuments at the mileposts of the Indiana-Michigan state line as established in the 1827 survey that defined that line. The commission shall also recover or reestablish relatively permanent monuments at the posts originally set at or near the shores of lakes and large rivers of the Indiana-Michigan state line as established in the 1827 survey that defined that line, or witness corners for set posts.
   3. (3) Compile appropriate records and documents verifying the location of the monuments, and furnish those records and documents to the state land office division of the department of natural resources established by IC 14-18-1.5-1 .
   4. (4) Resolve any controversies regarding the location of monuments defining the Indiana-Michigan boundary.
   5. (5) The commission shall file with the appropriate county recorder's office a recordation certificate that provides appropriate references, and Indiana East or West zone state plane coordinates, for each milepost of the posts originally set at or near the shores of lakes or large rivers determined under this chapter. A copy of those documents shall be submitted to the state land office division of the department of natural resources established by IC 14-18-1.5-1 .
   6. (6) The commission, in consultation with the department, shall procure professional surveying services through negotiated contracts for purposes of this chapter. The commission, in consultation with the department, shall use a qualification-based selection method for awarding contracts and shall award contracts only to business entities incorporated or located in Indiana.
   7. (7) Not later than sixty (60) days after the completion of the commission's duties under this chapter, the commission shall submit a written report to the general assembly in an electronic format under IC 5-14-6 . The report shall summarize the work performed under this chapter and the activities of the commission.

2. (b) For purposes of subsection (a)(6), "qualification-based selection" means a method of selecting professional firms to perform contractual work as follows:

   1. (1) The selection of professional firms to provide a service must be based first upon the qualifications of the professional firms to perform the required work.
   2. (2) After the qualified professional firms have been chosen by the commission, the department shall negotiate the cost of the services.
   3. (3) If price negotiations cannot be completed satisfactorily with the highest ranked professional firm, these negotiations cease and negotiations begin with the professional firm that is next most qualified to perform the required work. This process shall continue until a professional firm is selected to perform the services.

As added by P.L.131-2013, SEC.9.