1-1 By: Madla S.B. No. 1016
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 1, 2001; March 5, 2001, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
1-4 Relations; April 9, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
1-5 Yeas 6, Nays 0; April 9, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the review of financial audits of regional planning
1-9 commissions.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Subsection (e), Section 391.0095, Local
1-12 Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-13 (e) A commission shall [also] send to the state auditor, the
1-14 comptroller, and the Legislative Budget Board a copy of each [a]
1-15 report and [or an] audit required under this section or under
1-16 Section 391.009. The state auditor shall review each audit and
1-17 report and must be given access to working papers and other
1-18 supporting documentation that the state auditor determines is
1-19 necessary to perform the review. If the state auditor finds
1-20 significant issues involving the administration or operation of a
1-21 commission or its programs, the state auditor shall report its
1-22 findings and related recommendations to the legislative audit
1-23 committee, the governor, and the commission. The governor may
1-24 direct the commission to prepare a corrective action plan or other
1-25 response to the state auditor's findings or recommendations. The
1-26 legislative audit committee may direct the state auditor to perform
1-27 any additional audit or investigative work that the committee
1-28 determines is necessary. [If the governor determines that there is
1-29 a question about the appropriateness of an expenditure or other
1-30 action of a commission, the governor shall report the expenditure
1-31 or other action to the state auditor for review.]
1-32 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-33 applies only to an audit or report sent to the state auditor under
1-34 Subsection (e), Section 391.0095, Local Government Code, as amended
1-35 by this Act, on or after the effective date of this Act. An audit
1-36 or report sent to the state auditor under Subsection (e), Section
1-37 391.0095, Local Government Code, before the effective date of this
1-38 Act is governed by the law in effect before the effective date of
1-39 this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
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