77R15682 DWS-D                          
         By Lucio, et al.                                       S.B. No. 195
         Substitute the following for S.B. No. 195:
         By Pickett                                         C.S.S.B. No. 195
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the Border Trade Advisory Committee.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 201, Transportation Code,
 1-5     is amended by adding Section 201.114 to read as follows:
 1-6           Sec. 201.114.  BORDER TRADE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.  (a)  The
 1-7     commission shall establish the Border Trade Advisory Committee to
 1-8     define and develop a strategy and make recommendations to the
 1-9     commission for addressing the highest priority border trade
1-10     transportation challenges.  In determining action to be taken on
1-11     the recommendations, the commission shall consider the importance
1-12     of trade with the United Mexican States, potential sources of
1-13     infrastructure funding at border ports, and the value of trade
1-14     activity in the department's districts adjacent to the border with
1-15     the United Mexican States.
1-16           (b)  The commission may adopt rules governing the Border
1-17     Trade Advisory Committee.
1-18           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.