1-1 By: Shapleigh, Lucio S.B. No. 465 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed January 30, 2001; January 31, 2001, 1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce; 1-4 April 2, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 1-5 Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 2, 2001, 1-6 sent to printer.) 1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 465 By: Shapleigh 1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-9 AN ACT 1-10 relating to the establishment of a task force to study the 1-11 viability of creating border port of entry authorities. 1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-13 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: 1-14 (1) "Authority" means a border port of entry 1-15 authority. 1-16 (2) "Border region" means Brewster, Cameron, 1-17 Culberson, Dimmit, El Paso, Hidalgo, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Kinney, 1-18 La Salle, Maverick, Presidio, Starr, Terrell, Val Verde, Webb, 1-19 Zapata, and Zavala counties. 1-20 (3) "Department" means the Texas Department of 1-21 Transportation. 1-22 (4) "Task force" means the Border Port of Entry 1-23 Authority Task Force established under this Act. 1-24 SECTION 2. BORDER PORT OF ENTRY AUTHORITY TASK FORCE. The 1-25 department shall establish a Border Port of Entry Authority Task 1-26 Force to study the viability of creating border port of entry 1-27 authorities to facilitate the transportation and other movement of 1-28 goods through the border region. 1-29 SECTION 3. MEMBERSHIP. (a) The task force is composed of: 1-30 (1) one member representing the department, appointed 1-31 by the executive director of the department; 1-32 (2) one member representing each of the four most 1-33 populous municipalities in the border region, appointed by the 1-34 presiding officer of the governing body of each municipality; and 1-35 (3) one member representing each of the four most 1-36 populous counties in the border region, appointed by the county 1-37 judge of each county. 1-38 (b) The member representing the department shall serve as 1-39 the presiding officer of the task force. 1-40 SECTION 4. ASSISTANCE; EXPENSES. (a) The department shall 1-41 provide staff necessary to assist the task force in performing its 1-42 duties. 1-43 (b) A task force member is not entitled to compensation. 1-44 Each entity with a member on the task force is responsible for that 1-45 member's expenses. 1-46 SECTION 5. TASK FORCE DUTIES. In studying the viability of 1-47 creating authorities, the task force shall study and consider: 1-48 (1) the procedures used to create an authority, 1-49 including election procedures; 1-50 (2) the jurisdiction of an authority; 1-51 (3) the potential powers and responsibilities of an 1-52 authority, including: 1-53 (A) improving, operating, and maintaining 1-54 warehouses, parking facilities, service stations, and toll and 1-55 toll-free roads and bridges and related structures and 1-56 infrastructure; 1-57 (B) the power of eminent domain; and 1-58 (C) long-term planning, including the 1-59 preparation of a comprehensive development plan; and 1-60 (4) sources of revenue for an authority. 1-61 SECTION 6. CONSULTATION. In conducting its study, the task 1-62 force shall consult with the department and each metropolitan 1-63 planning organization whose planning area includes a portion of the 1-64 border region. 2-1 SECTION 7. REPORT. (a) The department shall prepare a 2-2 report of the findings and recommendations of the task force. The 2-3 department may include its own recommendations in the report. 2-4 (b) The department may contract with a private entity or a 2-5 university to prepare the report. 2-6 (c) Not later than January 15, 2003, the department shall 2-7 submit the report to the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the 2-8 house of representatives. 2-9 SECTION 8. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW. Chapter 2110, 2-10 Government Code, does not apply to the task force. 2-11 SECTION 9. EXPIRATION. The task force is abolished and this 2-12 Act expires January 15, 2003. 2-13 SECTION 10. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect 2-14 immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members 2-15 elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, 2-16 Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote 2-17 necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2-18 2001. 2-19 * * * * *