78R9587 DWS-D


By:  Chavez                                                       H.B. No. 2974

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2974:                                   

By:  Merritt                                                  C.S.H.B. No. 2974



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a Texas-Mexico border trade corridor plan.                        
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.   Subchapter H, Chapter 201, Transportation Code, 
is amended by adding Section 201.6011 to read as follows:
	Sec. 201.6011.  TEXAS-MEXICO BORDER TRADE CORRIDOR PLAN.  
The department shall implement an integrated trade transportation 
corridor plan for cross-border traffic.  The plan must:
		(1)  include strategies and projects to aid the 
exchange of international trade using the system of multiple 
transportation modes in this state; and
		(2)  assign priorities based on the amount of 
international trade, measured by weight and value, using the 
transportation systems of this state, including:
			(A)  border ports of entry;                                           
			(B)  commercial ports;                                                
			(C)  inland ports;                                                    
			(D)  highways;                                                        
			(E)  pipelines;                                                       
			(F)  railroads; and                                                   
			(G)  deepwater gulf ports.                                            
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.