S.B. 47 78(1)    BILL ANALYSIS


S.B. 47
By: Shapleigh
Transportation
Committee Report (Unamended)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

The Unified Transportation Plan is a 10-year statewide transportation
project plan administered by the Texas Department of Transportation
(TxDOT).  S.B. 47 requires TxDOT to produce an annual report to the
legislature detailing expenditures in the following areas:  the Unified
Transportation Plan; turnpike and toll projects; the Trans-Texas Corridor;
certain rail facilities; certain non-highway facilities on the Trans-Texas
Corridor; the amount of bonds or other public securities issued for
transportation projects; and the direction of money to a regional mobility
authority. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or
institution. 

ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Subchapter H, Chapter 201, Transportation Code, by
adding Section 201.616, as follows: 

Sec. 201.616.  ANNUAL REPORT TO LEGISLATURE ON CERTAIN MATTERS.  (a)
Requires the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), not later than
December 1 of each year, to submit a report to the legislature detailing
certain information. 

(b)  Requires the report to break down information about the unified
transportation plan by program category and TxDOT district.  Requires the
report to break down information about turnpike projects, toll roads, the
Trans-Texas Corridor, rail facilities described in Chapter 91, and
non-highway facilities on the Trans-Texas Corridor if those expenditures
are subject to Section 227.062(c), and the direction of money to a
regional mobility authority by TxDOT district.  Requires the report to
break down information about the amount of bonds or other public
securities isued for transportation projects by TxDOT district and type of
project. 

  (c)  Allows the report to be submitted in an electronic format.

SECTION 2.  Effective date:  upon passage or November 1, 2003.

EFFECTIVE DATE

Upon passage, or if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, November
1, 2003.