Bill Text: TX SB637 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to audits of a regional mobility authority by the state auditor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-09 - Referred to Transportation [SB637 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB637-Engrossed.html
| By: Huffines, Campbell | S.B. No. 637 | |
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| relating to audits of a regional mobility authority by the state | ||
| auditor. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 370, Transportation Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 370.318 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 370.318. AUDIT REQUIREMENT FOR DEPARTMENT GRANT OR | ||
| LOAN. The department may not make a grant or loan to an authority | ||
| for a transportation project unless the authority agrees in writing | ||
| to allow state audits of the authority at any time until the | ||
| completion of the transportation project for which the funds are | ||
| granted or loaned at the discretion of the legislative audit | ||
| committee established under Section 321.002, Government Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 321, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 321.024 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 321.024. REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITIES SUBJECT TO | ||
| AUDIT. A regional mobility authority under Chapter 370, | ||
| Transportation Code, is subject to audit under this chapter as if | ||
| the authority were a department. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 370.318, Transportation Code, as added | ||
| by this Act, applies only to a grant or loan agreement that is | ||
| entered into on or after the effective date of this Act. A grant or | ||
| loan agreement that is entered into before the effective date of | ||
| this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the agreement | ||
| was entered into, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
| purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
