By: Shapleigh S.B. No. 963
(In the Senate - Filed March 6, 2003; March 13, 2003, read
first time and referred to Committee on International Relations and
Trade; April 28, 2003, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 4, Nays 0; April 28, 2003, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an international 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. INTERNATIONAL TRADE CORRIDOR PLAN. The
department shall implement an integrated international trade
corridor plan. 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.
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