By: Shapleigh, Lucio S.B. No. 47
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring the Texas Department of Transportation to
annually report to the legislature on certain transportation
matters.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 201, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 201.616 to read as follows:
Sec. 201.616. ANNUAL REPORT TO LEGISLATURE ON CERTAIN
MATTERS. (a) Not later than December 1 of each year, the
department shall submit a report to the legislature that details:
(1) the expenditures made by the department in the
preceding state fiscal year in connection with:
(A) the unified transportation program of the
department;
(B) turnpike projects and toll roads of the
department;
(C) the Trans-Texas Corridor;
(D) rail facilities described in Chapter 91; and
(E) non-highway facilities on the Trans-Texas
Corridor if those expenditures are subject to Section 227.062(c);
(2) the amount of bonds or other public securities
issued for transportation projects; and
(3) the direction of money by the department to a
regional mobility authority in this state.
(b) The report must break down information under Subsection
(a)(1)(A) by program category and department district. The report
must break down information under Subsections (a)(1)(B), (C), (D),
and (E) and Subsection (a)(3) by department district. The report
must break down information under Subsection (a)(2) by department
district and type of project.
(c) The report may be submitted in an electronic format.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect November 1, 2003.