Texas 2019 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB803 Comm Sub / Bill

Filed 04/25/2019

                    86R18564 AAF-D
 By: Patterson, Canales, Thierry, Toth, H.B. No. 803
 Krause
 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 803:
 By:  Landgraf C.S.H.B. No. 803


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to financial reporting requirements of a toll project
 entity.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 372, Transportation Code,
 is amended by adding Section 372.054 to read as follows:
 Sec. 372.054.  FINANCIAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. (a)  In
 this section, "system" includes a system established under Section
 228.010, 366.034, or 370.034.
 (b)  Not later than the 180th day after the last day of a toll
 project entity's fiscal year, the entity shall publish on the
 entity's Internet website a report on the entity's financial data,
 including:
 (1)  the final maturity of all bonds issued by the
 entity for a toll project or system;
 (2)  toll revenue for each toll project for the
 previous fiscal year;
 (3)  an accounting of total revenue collected and
 expenses incurred by the entity for the previous fiscal year, such
 as debt service, maintenance and operation costs, any other
 miscellaneous expenses, and any surplus revenue; and
 (4)  a capital improvement plan with proposed or
 expected capital expenditures over a period determined by the
 entity.
 (c)  In addition to the reporting requirements under
 Subsection (b), a toll project entity may report any money
 deposited by the entity in a debt service reserve fund as required
 by a bondholder agreement.
 (d)  A toll project entity may publish on the entity's
 Internet website graphs or tables from the entity's certified
 audited financial report or annual continuing disclosure report to
 comply with the reporting requirements under Subsection (b).
 (e)  A toll project entity shall prominently display on the
 entity's Internet website a link to the report under Subsection
 (b). The report must be posted separately from the entity's
 certified audited financial report.
 (f)  Notwithstanding Subsection (b), for a toll project that
 is the subject of a comprehensive development agreement entered
 into by a toll project entity, the entity is only required to
 publish on the entity's Internet website the name and cost of the
 toll project and the termination date of the agreement.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.