By Barrientos S.B. No. 1078
77R8490 DWS-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the date of an independent audit of the management and
1-3 business operations of the Texas Department of Transportation.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 201.109(b), Transportation Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (b) In carrying out this section, the commission shall
1-8 provide for:
1-9 (1) maximizing the generation of revenue from existing
1-10 assets of the department, including real estate;
1-11 (2) increasing the role of the private sector and
1-12 public-private projects in the leasing of real estate and other
1-13 assets in the development of highway projects;
1-14 (3) setting and attempting to meet annual revenue
1-15 enhancement goals;
1-16 (4) reporting on the progress in meeting revenue
1-17 enhancement goals in the department's annual report;
1-18 (5) contracting for an independent audit of the
1-19 department's management and business operations in 2007 [2001] and
1-20 each 12th year after 2007 [2001];
1-21 (6) developing a cost-benefit analysis between the use
1-22 of local materials previously incorporated into roadways versus use
1-23 of materials blended or transported from other sources; and
1-24 (7) increasing private investment in the
2-1 transportation infrastructure, including the acquisition of
2-2 causeways, bridges, tunnels, turnpikes, or other transportation
2-3 facilities, in the border region, including the counties of
2-4 Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Brewster, Brooks, Cameron, Crockett,
2-5 Culberson, Dimmit, Duval, Edwards, El Paso, Frio, Hidalgo,
2-6 Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kerr, Kimble,
2-7 Kinney, Kleberg, La Salle, Live Oak, Maverick, McMullen, Medina,
2-8 Nueces, Pecos, Presidio, Real, Reeves, San Patricio, Starr, Sutton,
2-9 Terrell, Uvalde, Val Verde, Webb, Willacy, Zapata, and Zavala.
2-10 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-11 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-12 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-13 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-14 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.