Amend CSSB 370 in Article 1 of the bill by adding a appropriately numbered section to read as follows and by renumbering the existing sections as appropriate: SECTION 1.____. Subtitle A, Title 4, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Chapter 53 to read as follows: CHAPTER 53. PORT AUTHORITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE Sec. 53.001. PORT AUTHORITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) The port authority advisory committee consists of five members appointed by the Texas Transportation Commission to advise the commission and the Texas Department of Transportation on matters relating to port authorities, including: (1) intermodal and multimodal transportation issues relating to Texas waterways and ports and port improvements; and (2) the identification and development of funding mechanisms, including the state infrastructure bank, for addressing the issues described by Subdivision (1). (b) The members shall be appointed as follows: (1) one member who represents the Port of Houston Authority of Harris County, Texas; (2) two members who represent ports other than Houston on the upper Texas coast; and (3) two members who represent ports on the lower Texas coast. (c) A committee member serves at the pleasure of the commission. (d) A committee member may not receive compensation for serving as a member but is entitled to reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred in performing the member's duties. (e) The commission may adopt rules to govern the operations of the committee.