Bill Text: TX SB448 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the audit of certain river authorities.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-07 - Left pending in committee [SB448 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB448-Engrossed.html
| By: Fraser, Birdwell | S.B. No. 448 | |
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| relating to the audit of certain river authorities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. AUDIT. Chapter 321, Government Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 321.024 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 321.024. CERTAIN RIVER AUTHORITIES SUBJECT TO AUDIT. | ||
| (a) The financial transactions of a river authority listed in | ||
| Subsection (b) are subject to audit under this chapter. | ||
| (b) This section applies only to the: | ||
| (1) Brazos River Authority; and | ||
| (2) Lower Colorado River Authority. | ||
| (c) A river authority shall pay the cost incurred by the | ||
| state auditor in conducting an audit of the authority under this | ||
| section. The state auditor shall determine the cost, and the | ||
| authority shall pay the amount promptly on receipt of a statement | ||
| from the state auditor detailing the cost. | ||
| SECTION 2. BRAZOS RIVER AUTHORITY. Chapter 8502, Special | ||
| District Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8502.0051 to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 8502.0051. AUDIT. The authority is subject to the | ||
| audit provisions of Section 321.024, Government Code. | ||
| SECTION 3. LOWER COLORADO RIVER AUTHORITY. Section | ||
| 8503.015, Special District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| Sec. 8503.015. AUDIT. The authority is subject to the audit | ||
| provisions of: | ||
| (1) Subchapter G, Chapter 49, Water Code; and | ||
| (2) Section 321.024, Government Code. | ||
| SECTION 4. TRANSITION. (a) Subject to approval by the | ||
| Legislative Audit Committee for inclusion in the audit plan under | ||
| Subsection (c), Section 321.013, Government Code, the state auditor | ||
| shall audit the Brazos River Authority and the Lower Colorado River | ||
| Authority under Section 321.024, Government Code, as added by this | ||
| Act. | ||
| (b) A river authority audited under this section shall | ||
| cooperate and provide assistance and access to all necessary | ||
| records, confidential or nonconfidential, to the state auditor in | ||
| conducting the audit under this section. | ||
| (c) Not later than December 31, 2015, the state auditor | ||
| shall prepare a written report for an audit conducted under this | ||
| section and file the report in accordance with Section 321.014, | ||
| Government Code. | ||
| SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect | ||
| immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members | ||
| elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas | ||
| Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for | ||
| immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
