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.