By: Fraser S.B. No. 795
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the audit of certain river authorities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 49.199, Water Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The state auditor may audit the financial transactions
of any district, including a special water authority, if the state
auditor determines that the audit is necessary. A district audited
under this subsection shall reimburse the state auditor for the
cost of performing the audit.
SECTION 2. (a) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), Section
49.199, Water Code, as amended by this Act, and subject to approval
by the Legislative Audit Committee for inclusion in the audit plan
under Subsection (c), Section 321.013, Government Code, the state
auditor shall conduct comprehensive financially related audits,
including audits of the operations and performance, of the Brazos
River Authority and the Lower Colorado River Authority.
(b) A river authority audited under this section shall
cooperate and provide assistance and access to all necessary
records, confidential or nonconfidential, to the state auditor in
conducting the audit under this section.
(c) Not later than January 1, 2011, the state auditor shall
prepare a written report for each audit conducted under this
section and file the report in accordance with Section 321.014,
Government Code.
(d) A river authority audited under this section shall
reimburse the state auditor for the cost of performing the audit.
SECTION 3. 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.