SRC-TBR S.B. 246 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 246
77R2176 DWS-DBy: Shapleigh
Business & Commerce
3/28/2001
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Adequate transportation infrastructure along the Texas-Mexico border is
critical to a prosperous state economy.  As proposed, S.B. 246 requires the
Texas Department of Transportation (department) to develop recommendations
for how state resources in the department's three border districts should
be allocated in order to increase international trade. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Sections 201.608(a) and (c), Transportation Code, as
follows:  

(a) Requires the Texas Department of Transportation (department), as part
of an annual review, with the cooperation of the Center for Transportation
Research at The University of Texas at Austin and the Texas Transportation
Institute, to develop recommendations concerning how state resources are to
be used in the department's districts adjacent to the border with Mexico to
increase international trade.   

(c)  Requires the department, not later than February 1 of each
odd-numbered year, to report to the legislature on the recommendations
developed under Subsection (a).   

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 2001.