By Shapleigh S.B. No. 246 77R2176 DWS-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to a review of transportation facilities related to 1-3 international trade. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Sections 201.608(a) and (c), Transportation Code, 1-6 are amended to read as follows: 1-7 (a) The department annually shall review its proposed road 1-8 projects to determine whether the projects are adequate to allow 1-9 for the projected volume of highway traffic resulting from 1-10 international trade over the five-year period following the date of 1-11 the review. As part of the review, the department, with the 1-12 cooperation of the Center for Transportation Research at The 1-13 University of Texas at Austin and the Texas Transportation 1-14 Institute, shall develop recommendations concerning how state 1-15 resources may be used in the department's districts adjacent to the 1-16 border with Mexico to increase international trade. 1-17 (c) Not later than February 1 of each odd-numbered year, the 1-18 department shall report to the legislature on: 1-19 (1) the ability of the state highway system to allow 1-20 for the projected volume of highway traffic resulting from 1-21 international trade over the five-year period following the date of 1-22 the report; and 1-23 (2) the recommendations developed under Subsection 1-24 (a). 2-1 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.