1-1 By: Shapleigh, et al. S.B. No. 1136 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 10, 1999; March 11, 1999, read 1-3 first time and referred to Special Committee on Border Affairs; 1-4 April 9, 1999, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, 1-5 Nays 0; April 9, 1999, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to a border commerce coordinator in the governor's office. 1-9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-10 SECTION 1. Chapter 772, Government Code, is amended by 1-11 adding Section 772.010 to read as follows: 1-12 Sec. 772.010. BORDER COMMERCE COORDINATOR. (a) The 1-13 governor shall designate a border commerce coordinator in the 1-14 governor's office. The coordinator shall: 1-15 (1) study the flow of commerce at ports of entry 1-16 between this state and Mexico, including the movement of commercial 1-17 vehicles across the border; and 1-18 (2) establish a plan to aid that commerce and improve 1-19 the movement of those vehicles. 1-20 (b) The governor shall appoint the coordinator to serve at 1-21 the will of the governor. 1-22 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-23 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-24 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-25 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-26 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-27 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 1-28 * * * * *