By Shapleigh S.B. No. 245 77R2325 DWS-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to allocation of money for transportation projects. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 201, Transportation Code, is 1-5 amended by adding Section 201.708 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 201.708. ALLOCATION TO BORDER DISTRICTS. In determining 1-7 projects to be undertaken and allocating money to its various 1-8 districts, the department shall consider the department's districts 1-9 adjacent to the border with Mexico to be a distinct category to be 1-10 given preference in relation to the amount and importance of 1-11 international trade using state transportation facilities in those 1-12 districts. 1-13 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.