Legislative Oversight Mechanisms

Legislative program reviews or performance audits; legislative review of non-legislative program reviews or performance audits; reporting requirements; legislative requests for information. Required reports to the General Assembly include the annually updated transportation improvement program, quarterly status reports on highway projects in each district, quarterly status reports on projects approved in the TDOT budget and an annual report on transit projects. Seven legislative committees oversee TDOT: Senate and House Transportation Committees (general oversight); Senate and House Ways and Means Committees (budget and expenditures); Senate and House Government Operations Committees (rules and regulations, as well as review of performance audits); and the Fiscal Review Committee (contracts).

Legislative Program Evaluation Office

Offices of Research and Education Accountability

Sunset Review

Yes. Tennessee's sunset law (Tenn. Code Ann. §§4-29-101 et seq.) requires that each agency, board, commission and other entity be reviewed at least once every eight years by a joint legislative committee. TDOT is scheduled to terminate on June 30, 2011, unless affirmatively continued by the General Assembly (Tenn. Code Ann. §4-29-232).