85R402 MTB-D
By: Huffines S.B. No. 637
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to state audits of a regional mobility authority that
receives a grant or loan from the Texas Department of
Transportation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 370, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 370.318 to read as follows:
Sec. 370.318. AUDIT REQUIREMENT FOR DEPARTMENT GRANT OR
LOAN. The department may not make a grant or loan to an authority
for a transportation project unless the authority agrees in writing
to allow state audits of the authority at any time until the
completion of the transportation project for which the funds are
granted or loaned at the discretion of the state auditor's office or
on a majority vote of a standing legislative committee with primary
jurisdiction over transportation.
SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a grant or loan
agreement that is entered into on or after the effective date of
this Act. A grant or loan agreement that is entered into before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the agreement was entered into, and the former law is continued
in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.