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.