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.