By: Shapleigh, Lucio S.B. No. 465
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the establishment of a task force to study the
1-3 viability of creating border port of entry authorities.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act:
1-6 (1) "Authority" means a border port of entry
1-7 authority.
1-8 (2) "Department" means the Texas Department of
1-9 Transportation.
1-10 (3) "Task force" means the Border Port of Entry
1-11 Authority Task Force established under this Act.
1-12 SECTION 2. BORDER PORT OF ENTRY AUTHORITY TASK FORCE. The
1-13 department shall establish a Border Port of Entry Authority Task
1-14 Force to study the viability of creating border port of entry
1-15 authorities to facilitate the transportation and other movement of
1-16 goods through El Paso County.
1-17 SECTION 3. MEMBERSHIP. (a) The task force is composed of:
1-18 (1) one member representing the department, appointed
1-19 by the executive director of the department;
1-20 (2) four members representing the city of El Paso,
1-21 appointed by the mayor of El Paso; and
1-22 (3) four members representing the county of El Paso,
1-23 appointed by the county judge.
1-24 (b) The member representing the department shall serve as
1-25 the presiding officer of the task force.
2-1 SECTION 4. ASSISTANCE; EXPENSES. (a) The department shall
2-2 provide staff necessary to assist the task force in performing its
2-3 duties.
2-4 (b) A task force member is not entitled to compensation.
2-5 Each entity with a member on the task force is responsible for that
2-6 member's expenses.
2-7 SECTION 5. TASK FORCE DUTIES. In studying the viability of
2-8 creating authorities, the task force shall study and consider:
2-9 (1) the procedures used to create an authority,
2-10 including election procedures;
2-11 (2) the jurisdiction of an authority;
2-12 (3) the potential powers and responsibilities of an
2-13 authority, including:
2-14 (A) improving, operating, and maintaining
2-15 warehouses, parking facilities, service stations, and toll and
2-16 toll-free roads and bridges and related structures and
2-17 infrastructure;
2-18 (B) the power of eminent domain; and
2-19 (C) long-term planning, including the
2-20 preparation of a comprehensive development plan; and
2-21 (4) sources of revenue for an authority.
2-22 SECTION 6. CONSULTATION. In conducting its study, the task
2-23 force shall consult with the department and each metropolitan
2-24 planning organization whose planning area includes a portion of El
2-25 Paso County.
2-26 SECTION 7. REPORT. (a) The department shall prepare a
3-1 report of the findings and recommendations of the task force. The
3-2 department may include its own recommendations in the report.
3-3 (b) The department may contract with a private entity or a
3-4 university to prepare the report.
3-5 (c) Not later than January 15, 2003, the department shall
3-6 submit the report to the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the
3-7 house of representatives.
3-8 SECTION 8. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW. Chapter 2110,
3-9 Government Code, does not apply to the task force.
3-10 SECTION 9. EXPIRATION. The task force is abolished and this
3-11 Act expires January 15, 2003.
3-12 SECTION 10. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect
3-13 immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members
3-14 elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III,
3-15 Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote
3-16 necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1,
3-17 2001.
3-18 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1
3-19 Amend S.B. 465 by the following:
3-20 Page 1 line 19 add the words "non voting" between one and member.
3-21 Page 1 line 20 strike "four" and add "three"
3-22 Page 1 line 22 strike "four" and add "three"
3-23 Page 1, after line 23 but before line 24 add the following:
3-24 (4) three members approved by the Transportation
3-25 Policy Board of the El Paso Region.
3-26 Pickett