(a) General. The department will establish project,
performance, and funding reporting systems that make available in
a central location on the department's website information regarding
the:
(1) delivery of individual transportation projects
as provided in §16.202 of this subchapter (relating to Reporting
System for Delivery of Individual Projects);
(2) operation and condition of the department's statewide
transportation system as provided in §16.203 of this subchapter
(relating to Performance Reporting on the Operation and Condition
of the Statewide Transportation System); and
(3) funding available for the department's statewide
transportation system and actual expenditures related to the system
as provided in §16.204 of this subchapter (relating to Reporting
System for Funding and Expenditures).
(b) Entry of information. Each district will enter
information about each of its transportation projects into the project,
performance, and funding reporting systems.
(c) Department website. The department will make the
statistical information provided under this subchapter available on
the department's website in more than one downloadable electronic
format. The information will be easily accessible, understandable,
and in a format that allows a person to conduct electronic searches
for information about a specific district, a county, a highway under
the jurisdiction of the department, or a type of road under the jurisdiction
of the department.
(d) Reports to legislative districts. The department
will provide to each member of the legislature a copy of the annual
reports required by §16.202 and §16.203 of this subchapter
for each department district located within the boundaries of a legislative
district, and at the request of a legislator, a senior management
employee of the department will meet with the legislator to explain
the reports. A copy of each annual district report will also be provided
to the political subdivisions located in the district that is the
subject of the report, including a:
(1) municipality;
(2) county; and
(3) local transportation entity.
(e) Reports to the legislature. The department will
provide a copy of the annual reports required by §16.202 and §16.203
of this subchapter to the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the
house of representatives, and the chair of the standing committee
of each house of the legislature with primary jurisdiction over transportation
issues.
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