SECOND REGULAR SESSION
HOUSE COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 883
89TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
ANNE C. WALKER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal sections 226.040 and 226.140, RSMo 1994, and section 226.005, RSMo Supp. 1997, relating to transportation, and to enact in lieu thereof four new sections relating to the same subject.
Section A. Sections 226.040 and 226.140, RSMo 1994, and section 226.005, RSMo Supp. 1997, are repealed and four new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 21.795, 226.005, 226.040 and 226.140, to read as follows:
21.795. 1. There is established a permanent joint committee of the general assembly to be known as the "Joint Committee on Transportation Oversight" to be composed of seven members of the transportation committees of both the senate and the house of representatives and three nonvoting ex officio members. The senate members of the joint committee shall be appointed by the president pro tem of the senate and the house members shall be appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives. No major party shall be represented by more than four members from the house of representatives nor more than four members from the senate. The ex officio members shall be the state auditor, the director of the oversight division of the committee on legislative research, and the commissioner of the office of administration or the designee of such auditor, director or commissioner. The joint committee shall be chaired jointly by both chairs of the senate and house transportation committees. A majority of the committee shall constitute a quorum, but the concurrence of a majority of the members, other than the ex officio members, shall be required for the determination of any matter within the committee's duties.
2. The department of transportation shall submit a written report prior to October fifteenth of each year to the governor and every member of the senate and house of representatives which shall contain the following:
(1) A comprehensive financial report of all funds for the preceding state fiscal year which shall include a report by independent certified public accountants, selected by the commissioner of the office of administration, attesting that the financial statements present fairly the financial position of the department in conformity with generally accepted government accounting principles. This report shall include amounts of:
(a) State revenues by sources, amounts of federal revenues by source;
(b) Any other revenues available to the department by source;
(c) Funds appropriated, the amount the department has budgeted and expended for the following: contracts, right-of-way purchases, preliminary and construction engineering, maintenance operations and administration.
All expenditures by the department for personal services including fringe benefits, all categories of expense and equipment, real estate and capital improvements shall be assigned to the categories listed in this subdivision in conformity with generally accepted government accounting principles;
(2) A detailed explanation of the methods or criteria employed to select construction projects, including a listing of any new or reprioritized projects not mentioned in a previous report, and an explanation as to how the new or reprioritized projects meet the selection methods or criteria;
(3) The proposed allocation and expenditure of moneys and the proposed work plan for the current fiscal year, at least the next four years, and for any period of time expressed in any public transportation plan approved by either the general assembly or by the voters of Missouri. This proposed allocation and expenditure of moneys shall include the amounts of proposed allocation and expenditure of moneys in each of the categories listed in subdivision (1) of this subsection;
(4) The amounts which were planned, estimated and expended for projects in the state highway and bridge construction program or any other projects relating to other modes of transportation in the preceding state fiscal year and amounts which have been planned, estimated or expended by project for construction work in progress;
(5) The current status as to completion, by project, of the fifteen-year road and bridge program adopted in 1992. The first written report submitted pursuant to this section shall include the original cost estimate, updated estimate and final completed cost by project. Each written report submitted thereafter shall include the cost estimate at the time the project was placed on the most recent five-year highway and bridge construction plan and the final completed cost by project;
(6) The reasons for cost increases or decreases exceeding five million dollars or ten percent relative to cost estimates and final completed costs for projects in the state highway and bridge construction program or any other projects relating to other modes of transportation completed in the preceding state fiscal year. Cost increases or decreases shall be determined by comparing the cost estimate at the time the project was placed on the most recent five-year highway and bridge construction plan and the final completed cost by project. The reasons shall include the amounts resulting from inflation, department-wide design changes, changes in project scope, federal mandates, or other factors;
(7) Specific recommendations for any statutory or regulatory changes necessary for the efficient and effective operation of the department;
(8) An accounting of the total amount of state, federal and earmarked federal highway funds expended in each district of the department of transportation; and
(9) Any further information specifically requested by the joint committee on transportation oversight.
3. Prior to December first of each year, the committee shall meet and call before its members, officials or employees of the state highways and transportation commission or department of transportation, as determined by the committee, for the sole purpose of receiving and examining the report required pursuant to subsection 2 of this section. The committee shall not have the power to modify projects or priorities of the state highways and transportation commission or department of transportation. The committee may make recommendations to the state highways and transportation commission or the department of transportation. Disposition of those recommendations shall be reported by the commission or the department of the joint committee on transportation oversight.
226.005. 1. The department of highways and transportation shall hereafter be known as the "Department of Transportation". The department shall be in charge of a state highways and transportation commission as provided by the constitution and statutes.
2. The [chief engineer] director shall receive an annual salary of not less than that provided for in section 105.950, RSMo. The salaries of the chief engineer, chief financial officer, chief counsel, assistant chief engineer, the secretary of the commission, and of the division chiefs, department heads, engineers, [and] clerks and other employees of the department shall be fixed by the commission.
[226.040. The state highways and transportation commission shall appoint a chief engineer who is a resident of this state, and he shall have had executive or administrative experience for at least five years next prior to his appointment and he shall have had experience in highway work. Under the direction of the commission, the chief engineer shall have general charge and supervision of the state highways and transportation department, and shall perform such duties and have such authority as the commission may designate. The chief engineer, with the consent and approval of the commission, shall appoint and prescribe the duties and authority of an assistant chief engineer and such other engineers, department heads, and other employees as the commission may designate and deem necessary.]
226.040. 1. The state highways and transportation commission shall, with the advice and consent of the senate, appoint a chief executive officer with the title of director of the Missouri department of transportation. The director shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. The director shall be a citizen, a resident of this state, shall have had executive management experience for at least five years, and may be a registered professional engineer. The director's duties shall include appointment of a chief engineer, a chief financial officer and other department heads, engineers and other employees as the commission may designate and deem necessary. Under the direction of the commission, the director shall have general charge of, and be responsible for, the overall operations and performance of the department. The director shall provide quarterly to the commission at its regularly scheduled meetings a current unaudited written version of the report required in subsection 2 of section 21.795, RSMo, with changes from the most recent audited report clearly marked. Such report shall be made available to the public.
2. The chief engineer shall be a registered professional engineer responsible for preparation and approval of all engineering documents, plans and specifications and shall have general oversight of construction and maintenance work for the department as determined by the director.
3. Engineers of the department responsible for supervising the activities of road and bridge design, construction, maintenance and materials inspection and analysis shall be registered professional engineers in this state.
226.140. 1. [The commission shall make a report to the governor, prior to January thirty-first of each year, of the activities, work done, receipts and expenditures of the commission during the preceding fiscal year.] The governor may cause the books and accounts of the commission to be audited by the state auditor or otherwise at any time.
2. As authorized by article IV, section 30(c) of the Missouri Constitution, the commission shall develop a plan to modernize the state's transportation system, including but not limited to, mass transportation, aviation, railroads, ports and waterborne commerce. The commission shall make a report to the governor and the general assembly prior to January 1, 1994, and by January first of each year thereafter. The commission shall include in the report a review of its pursuit of federal funds including mass transit matching funds to ensure that Missouri is receiving all of the federal transportation assistance to which it is entitled.