Sec. 452.454.  PERFORMANCE AUDITS:  CERTAIN AUTHORITIES.  (a)  A subregional board created under Subchapter O  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.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by: 
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 118 (S.B. 1077), Sec. 1, eff. May 17, 2007.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 709 (H.B. 2190), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2023.