By: Huffines  S.B. No. 637          (In the Senate - Filed January 27, 2017; February 13, 2017,   read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;   April 27, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee   Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 1; April 27, 2017,   sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 637 By:  Hall     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to audits of a regional mobility authority by the state   auditor.          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 legislative audit   committee established under Section 321.002, Government Code.          SECTION 2.  Chapter 321, Government Code, is amended by   adding Section 321.024 to read as follows:          Sec. 321.024.  REGIONAL MOBILITY AUTHORITIES SUBJECT TO   AUDIT. A regional mobility authority under Chapter 370,   Transportation Code, is subject to audit under this chapter as if   the authority were a department.          SECTION 3.  Section 370.318, Transportation Code, as added   by 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 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.     * * * * *