78S10489 JD-D
By: Shapleigh 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 plan of the
department;
(B) turnpike projects and toll roads of the
department; and
(C) the Trans-Texas Corridor; and
(2) 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) and (C) and
(a)(2) by department district.
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.