1-1 By: Greenberg, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Barrientos) H.B. No. 2446 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 1997; 1-3 May 2, 1997, read first time and referred to Committee on 1-4 Intergovernmental Relations; May 16, 1997, reported favorably, as 1-5 amended, by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 16, 1997, 1-6 sent to printer.) 1-7 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Gallegos 1-8 Amend the Committee Substitute for H.B. 2446 in Subchapter B, 1-9 Chapter 403, Government Code by deleting Sec. 403.026(a) of the 1-10 bill (Page 1, line 24, Engrossed Version) and inserting a new Sec. 1-11 403.026(a) to read as follows: 1-12 Sec. 403.026. PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF CERTAIN TRANSIT 1-13 AUTHORITIES. (a) This section applies only to a transit authority 1-14 that is governed by Chapter 451, Transportation Code and was 1-15 confirmed before July 1, 1985 and does not contain a municipality 1-16 of more than 750,000. 1-17 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-18 AN ACT 1-19 relating to performance audits of certain metropolitan transit 1-20 authorities. 1-21 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-22 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 403, Government Code, is 1-23 amended by adding Section 403.026 to read as follows: 1-24 Sec. 403.026. PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF CERTAIN TRANSIT 1-25 AUTHORITIES. (a) This section applies only to a transit authority 1-26 that is governed by Chapter 451, Transportation Code, and: 1-27 (1) was confirmed before July 1, 1985, and does not 1-28 contain a municipality with a population of more than 750,000; or 1-29 (2) contains a municipality with a population of more 1-30 than 1.2 million. 1-31 (b) The comptroller may, on the request of an entity listed 1-32 in Subsection (c), enter into an interlocal contract under Chapter 1-33 791 with a transit authority to conduct a performance audit to 1-34 determine whether the authority is effectively and efficiently 1-35 providing the services it was created to provide. The comptroller 1-36 shall report the findings of an audit conducted under this section 1-37 and make appropriate recommendations on changes in the operations 1-38 of the authority to the governing body of the authority. 1-39 (c) A performance audit under this section may be requested 1-40 by: 1-41 (1) the governing body of the transit authority; 1-42 (2) the governing body of the municipality with the 1-43 largest population in the authority; or 1-44 (3) the commissioners court in which the majority of 1-45 the area of the municipality described in Subdivision (2) is 1-46 located. 1-47 (d) A contract under Subsection (b) shall provide that the 1-48 authority will reimburse the comptroller for costs incurred in 1-49 conducting the audit. 1-50 (e) The comptroller shall file a report containing the 1-51 results of an audit performed under this section with the governor, 1-52 the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of 1-53 representatives, and the presiding officers of the committees of 1-54 the senate and the house of representatives responsible for 1-55 approving legislation governing the authority. 1-56 (f) An audit may not be conducted under this section more 1-57 often than once every two years. 1-58 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-59 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-60 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-61 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-62 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-63 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-64 passage, and it is so enacted. 2-1 * * * * *