Bill Text: TX SB1861 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the audit of Tarrant Regional Water District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-25 - Referred to Intergovernmental Relations [SB1861 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1861-Introduced.html
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| By: Burton | S.B. No. 1861 | |
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| relating to the audit of Tarrant Regional Water District. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 268, Acts of the 55th Legislature, | ||
| Regular Session, 1957, is amended by adding Section 23 to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| Sec. 23. The district is subject to financial and | ||
| compliance audits under Chapter 321, Government Code. The state | ||
| auditor shall conduct the audits and file the reports required by | ||
| Section 321.014, Government Code, not later than January 1, 2016, | ||
| and every second year after that year. The district shall pay the | ||
| cost incurred by the state auditor in conducting an audit of the | ||
| district under this section. The state auditor shall determine the | ||
| cost and the district shall pay the amount promptly on receipt of a | ||
| statement from the state auditor detailing the cost. | ||
| SECTION 2. (a) Subject to approval by the Legislative Audit | ||
| Committee for inclusion in the audit plan under Section 321.013(c), | ||
| Government Code, the state auditor shall conduct financial and | ||
| compliance audits of the Tarrant Regional Water District under | ||
| Section 23, Chapter 268, Acts of the 55th Legislature, Regular | ||
| Session, 1957, as added by this Act. | ||
| (b) The Tarrant Regional Water District shall cooperate and | ||
| provide assistance and access to all necessary records, | ||
| confidential or nonconfidential, to the state auditor in conducting | ||
| the audits under this section. | ||
| (c) Not later than January 1, 2016, the state auditor shall | ||
| prepare a written report for the audits conducted under this | ||
| section and file the report in accordance with Section 321.014, | ||
| Government Code. | ||
| 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, 2015. | ||
