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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