Sec. 601.038.  EXAMINATION OF ACCOUNTS.  (a)  At least once a year, the authority shall have a certified public accountant conduct an audit of its books, accounts, and other records.  A copy of the audit shall be delivered to the municipality creating the authority.
(b)  If the authority fails to make the required audit, an auditor or accountant designated by the municipality may examine, at the expense of the authority, the accounts and books of the authority, including its receipts, disbursements, contracts, leases, sinking funds, investments, and other matters relating to its finances, operation, and affairs.
(c)  The attorney general may examine the books, accounts, and other records of an authority.
(d)  A concise financial statement shall be published annually in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality in which the principal office of the authority is located.  If the publication is not made by the authority, the municipality shall publish the statement at the expense of the authority.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Renumbered from Local Government Code, Section 431.038 by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.76(d)(2), eff. April 1, 2009.