By:  Shapleigh                                                    S.B. No. 47 
	(In the Senate - Filed July 10, 2003; July 14, 2003, read 
first time and referred to Committee on Infrastructure Development 
and Security; July 16, 2003, reported favorably by the following 
vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; July 16, 2003, sent to printer.)


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.



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