By Lucio                                               S.B. No. 195
         77R2327 DWS-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the Border Trade Advisory Committee in the Texas
 1-3     Department of Transportation.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 201, Transportation Code,
 1-6     is amended by adding Section 201.207 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 201.207.  BORDER TRADE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.  The
 1-8     department shall establish the Border Trade Advisory Committee to
 1-9     define and develop a strategy and make recommendations to the
1-10     department for addressing the highest priority border trade
1-11     transportation challenges.  In determining action to be taken on
1-12     the recommendations, the department shall consider the importance
1-13     of trade with the United Mexican States and the value of trade
1-14     activity in the department's districts adjacent to the border with
1-15     the United Mexican States.  Section 2110.008, Government Code, does
1-16     not apply to the Border Trade Advisory Committee.
1-17           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.