84R10204 MTB-D
	By: Huffines	S.B. No. 1184

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to an audit of regional mobility authorities conducted by
	the state auditor.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  (a)  In this section, "regional mobility
	authority" means an authority governed by Chapter 370,
	Transportation Code.
	(b)  The state auditor shall conduct an audit of each
	regional mobility authority. In conducting the audit, the state
	auditor shall develop an audit plan and establish the scope and
	objectives of the audit consistent with generally accepted auditing
	standards and with other audits conducted by the state auditor
	under Chapter 321, Government Code.
	(c)  The audit conducted under Subsection (b) of this section
	must determine, for each regional mobility authority, the amount
	of:
	(1)  money received from this state in total and for
	each biennium;
	(2)  money spent on each transportation project or
	system of the authority; and
	(3)  bonds issued.
	(d)  While conducting the audit under this section, the state
	auditor:
	(1)  may require the assistance of an official or
	employee of a regional mobility authority, the comptroller, or any
	other state agency; and
	(2)  is entitled to access all of the books, accounts,
	reports, vouchers, or other records of information of any regional
	mobility authority or state agency, including access to all
	electronic data.
	(e)  The state auditor shall prepare a report of the audit
	conducted under this section. Not later than November 1, 2016, the
	state auditor shall file the report with the lieutenant governor,
	the speaker of the house of representatives, and the presiding
	officer of each standing committee of the senate and house of
	representatives having primary jurisdiction over transportation.
	SECTION 2.  This Act expires September 1, 2017.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.