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Texas Transportation Code - TRANSP § 452.454. Performance Audits: Certain Authorities

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A subregional board created under Subchapter O  1 governing an authority consisting of one subregion shall contract every fourth state fiscal year beginning with the 1995-1996 fiscal year for a performance audit of the authority to be conducted by a firm that has experience in reviewing the performance of transit agencies.

(b) The purposes of the audit are to provide:

(1) evaluative information necessary for the performance of oversight functions by state and local officers; and

(2) information to the authority to assist in making changes for the improvement of the efficiency and effectiveness of authority operations.

(c) Each audit must include an examination of:

(1) one or more of the following:

(A) the administration and management of the authority;

(B) transit operations; or

(C) transit authority system maintenance;

(2) the authority's compliance with applicable state law, including this chapter; and

(3) the following performance indicators:

(A) subsidy per passenger, operating cost per revenue mile, and operating cost per revenue hour;

(B) sales and use tax receipts per passenger;

(C) fare recovery rate;

(D) number of passengers per hour;

(E) on-time performance;

(F) number of collisions per 100,000 miles; and

(G) number of miles between mechanical service calls.

(d) A subject described under Subsection (c)(1) must be examined at least once in every third audit.

1 V.T.C.A., Transportation Code § 452.571 et seq.
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