1-1     By:  Barrientos                                       S.B. No. 1078
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 5, 2001; March 6, 2001, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
 1-4     March 26, 2001, reported favorably, as amended, by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; March 26, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6     COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1                            By:  Shapleigh
 1-7           Amend S.B. No. 1078 in Subdivision (5), Subsection (b),
 1-8     Section 201.109, Transportation Code, as amended by SECTION 1 of
 1-9     the bill (Introduced version, page 1, line 31), by striking "12th"
1-10     and substituting "sixth [12th]".
1-11                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-12                                   AN ACT
1-13     relating to the date of an independent audit of the management and
1-14     business operations of the Texas Department of Transportation.
1-15           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-16           SECTION 1.  Subsection (b), Section 201.109, Transportation
1-17     Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-18           (b)  In carrying out this section, the commission shall
1-19     provide for:
1-20                 (1)  maximizing the generation of revenue from existing
1-21     assets of the department, including real estate;
1-22                 (2)  increasing the role of the private sector and
1-23     public-private projects in the leasing of real estate and other
1-24     assets in the development of highway projects;
1-25                 (3)  setting and attempting to meet annual revenue
1-26     enhancement goals;
1-27                 (4)  reporting on the progress in meeting revenue
1-28     enhancement goals in the department's annual report;
1-29                 (5)  contracting for an independent audit of the
1-30     department's management and business operations in 2007 [2001] and
1-31     each 12th year after 2007 [2001];
1-32                 (6)  developing a cost-benefit analysis between the use
1-33     of local materials previously incorporated into roadways versus use
1-34     of materials blended or transported from other sources; and
1-35                 (7)  increasing private investment in the
1-36     transportation infrastructure, including the acquisition of
1-37     causeways, bridges, tunnels, turnpikes, or other transportation
1-38     facilities, in the border region, including the counties of
1-39     Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Brewster, Brooks, Cameron, Crockett,
1-40     Culberson, Dimmit, Duval, Edwards, El Paso, Frio, Hidalgo,
1-41     Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kerr, Kimble,
1-42     Kinney, Kleberg, La Salle, Live Oak, Maverick, McMullen, Medina,
1-43     Nueces, Pecos, Presidio, Real, Reeves, San Patricio, Starr, Sutton,
1-44     Terrell, Uvalde, Val Verde, Webb, Willacy, Zapata, and Zavala.
1-45           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-46     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-47     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-48     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-49     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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