Sec. 256.009. REPORT TO COMPTROLLER. (a) Not later than January 30 of each year, the county auditor or, if the county does not have a county auditor, the official having the duties of the county auditor shall file a report with the comptroller that includes:
(1) an account of how:
(A) the money allocated to a county under Section 256.002 during the preceding year was spent; and
(B) if the county received an award under Subchapter C, the money was spent;
(2) a description, including location, of any new roads constructed in whole or in part with the money:
(A) allocated to a county under Section 256.002 during the preceding year; and
(B) received from any award under Subchapter C;
(3) any other information related to the administration of Sections 256.002 and 256.003 that the comptroller requires; and
(4) the total amount of expenditures for county road and bridge construction, maintenance, rehabilitation, right-of-way acquisition, and utility construction and other appropriate road expenditures of county funds in the preceding county fiscal year that are required by the constitution or other law to be spent on public roads or highways.
(b) The report must be in a form prescribed by the comptroller.
(c) The comptroller may distribute money under Section 256.002(a) to a county only if the most recent report required by Subsection (a) has been filed.
(d) A county official or employee shall provide to the comptroller on request any information necessary to determine the legality of the use of money allocated under Section 256.002.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.17(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 917, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1310, Sec. 119, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1372 (S.B. 1747), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 214 (S.B. 1305), Sec. 2, eff. December 31, 2017.
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