By:  Lucio, Shapleigh                                  S.B. No. 192
           Zaffirini
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to inclusion of certain ports of entry in state highway
 1-3     planning and funding.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Subchapter I, Chapter 201, Transportation Code,
 1-6     is amended by adding Section 201.710 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 201.710.  PLANNING AND FUNDING OF PORTS OF ENTRY.
 1-8     (a)  In this section:
 1-9                 (1)  "Port of entry" means a place designated by
1-10     executive order of the president of the United States, by order of
1-11     the United States secretary of the treasury, or by Act of the
1-12     United States Congress at which a customs officer is authorized to
1-13     accept entries of merchandise, to collect duties, and to enforce
1-14     the various provisions of the customs and navigation laws.
1-15                 (2)  "Project related to a port of entry" means a
1-16     transportation project on the state highway system related to
1-17     access to a port of entry in this state.
1-18           (b)  This section applies only to a port of entry on the
1-19     border with the United Mexican States.  This section does not apply
1-20     to a port of entry at an airport.
1-21           (c)  The department shall include projects related to ports
1-22     of entry in its unified transportation program or any successor to
1-23     that program.
1-24           (d)  A metropolitan planning organization that has a port of
1-25     entry within its jurisdiction shall include projects related to
 2-1     ports of entry in its transportation improvement plan.
 2-2           (e)  In allocating money to projects, the department shall
 2-3     fund projects related to ports of entry from money other than North
 2-4     American Free Trade Agreement discretionary funds.
 2-5           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.