By: Gallegos S.B. No. 1471
(In the Senate - Filed March 6, 2009; March 17, 2009, read
first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
Relations; May 1, 2009, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0;
May 1, 2009, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1471 By: Gallegos
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the evaluation of certain regional planning
commissions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) Before June 1, 2010, the state auditor
shall audit a regional planning commission created under Chapter
391, Local Government Code, that includes a county with a
population of 3.3 million or more, according to the most recent
federal decennial census. The cost of the audit shall be paid for
by the regional planning commission.
(b) On or before June 1, 2010, the state auditor shall
submit a report of an audit conducted under Subsection (a) of this
section to:
(1) the commissioners court of a county with a
population of 3.3 million or more, according to the most recent
federal decennial census, that is a member of a regional planning
commission described by Subsection (a) of this section; and
(2) the governing body of any other political
subdivision that is a member of a regional planning commission
described by Subsection (a) of this section, if the governing body
requests a report from the state auditor.
(c) This section expires January 1, 2011.
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 September 1, 2009.
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