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.