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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