By: Shapleigh, et al. S.B. No. 1136 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1-1 relating to a border commerce coordinator in the governor's office. 1-2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-3 SECTION 1. Chapter 772, Government Code, is amended by 1-4 adding Section 772.010 to read as follows: 1-5 Sec. 772.010. BORDER COMMERCE COORDINATOR. (a) The 1-6 governor shall designate a border commerce coordinator in the 1-7 governor's office. The coordinator shall: 1-8 (1) study the flow of commerce at ports of entry 1-9 between this state and Mexico, including the movement of commercial 1-10 vehicles across the border; and 1-11 (2) establish a plan to aid that commerce and improve 1-12 the movement of those vehicles. 1-13 (b) The governor shall appoint the coordinator to serve at 1-14 the will of the governor. 1-15 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-16 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-17 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-18 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-19 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-20 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.