LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                              Austin, Texas
                                     
                    FISCAL NOTE, 77th Regular Session
  
                               May 17, 2001
  
  
          TO:  Honorable Clyde Alexander, Chair, House Committee on
               Transportation
  
        FROM:  John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
  
       IN RE:  SB246  by Shapleigh (Relating to a review of
               transportation projects related to international trade.),
               Committee Report 2nd House, Substituted
  
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*  No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.        *
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The bill would amend the Transportation Code to allow the Texas
Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to include in its annual review of
projects, the development of recommendations concerning how department
resources may be used in TxDOT's districts adjacent to the border with
Mexico to facilitate international trade.  The bill would allow TxDOT to
contract with a public senior college or university for assistance in
preparing all or a portion of the required review.  The bill would
require TxDOT to make recommendations concerning transportation linkages
between national markets, international markets, and the area adjacent to
the border with Mexico and strategies to eliminate congestion at border
crossings.  The bill would require TxDOT to develop the recommendations
and report them to the Legislature no later than February 1, of each
odd-numbered year.

TxDOT did not identify or estimate any significant costs related to
implementing the provisions of the bill.

The bill would take effect September 1, 2001.
  
Local Government Impact
  
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is
anticipated.
  
  
Source Agencies:   601   Texas Department of Transportation
LBB Staff:         JK, JO, RT, MW