| 4 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 7 | | relating to certain audit and reporting requirements of regional |
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| 6 | 8 | | planning commissions. |
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| 7 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 391.0095(e), Local Government Code, is |
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| 9 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 12 | | (e) A commission shall send to the governor, the state |
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| 11 | 13 | | auditor, [the comptroller,] and the Legislative Budget Board a copy |
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| 12 | 14 | | of each report and audit required under this section or under |
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| 13 | 15 | | Section 391.009. The state auditor may review each audit and |
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| 14 | 16 | | report, subject to a risk assessment performed by the state auditor |
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| 15 | 17 | | and to the legislative audit committee's approval of including the |
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| 16 | 18 | | review in the audit plan under Section 321.013, Government Code. If |
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| 17 | 19 | | the state auditor reviews the audit or report, the state auditor |
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| 18 | 20 | | must be given access to working papers and other supporting |
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| 19 | 21 | | documentation that the state auditor determines is necessary to |
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| 20 | 22 | | perform the review. If the state auditor finds significant issues |
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| 21 | 23 | | involving the administration or operation of a commission or its |
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| 22 | 24 | | programs, the state auditor shall report its findings and related |
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| 23 | 25 | | recommendations to the legislative audit committee, the governor, |
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| 24 | 26 | | and the commission. The governor and the legislative audit |
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| 25 | 27 | | committee may direct the commission to prepare a corrective action |
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| 26 | 28 | | plan or other response to the state auditor's findings or |
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| 27 | 29 | | recommendations. The legislative audit committee may direct the |
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| 28 | 30 | | state auditor to perform any additional audit or investigative work |
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| 29 | 31 | | that the committee determines is necessary. |
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| 30 | 32 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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| 31 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 32 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 33 | | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 790 passed the Senate on |
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| 34 | | - | April 4, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 35 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 36 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 37 | | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 790 passed the House on |
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| 38 | | - | May 16, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 129, Nays 2, |
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| 39 | | - | two present not voting. |
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| 40 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 41 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 42 | | - | Approved: |
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| 43 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 44 | | - | Date |
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| 45 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 46 | | - | Governor |
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