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79R15190 DWS-F
By: Zaffirini, Hinojosa, Lucio, Shapleigh S.B. No. 293
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 293:
By: Chavez C.S.S.B. No. 293
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to meetings between representatives of the Department of
Public Safety of the State of Texas and Mexican states on
transportation and truck inspection issues.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 411.0097 to read as follows:
Sec. 411.0097. TRANSPORTATION AND INSPECTIONS MEETING WITH
REPRESENTATIVES OF MEXICAN STATES. (a) The department shall
initiate efforts to meet at least quarterly with the department's
counterparts in the Mexican states bordering this state to discuss
issues relating to truck inspections and transportation and
infrastructure involved in truck inspections and transportation.
(b) To assist the department in carrying out this section,
the department shall contact the border commerce coordinator
designated under Section 772.010 and the mayors of each
municipality in this state in which a port of entry for land traffic
is located.
(c) At least one department representative participating in
a meeting under Subsection (a) must be proficient in Spanish.
(d) The department, in conjunction with the border commerce
coordinator, shall develop short-range and long-range plans,
including recommendations to increase bilateral relations with
Mexico and expedite trade by mitigating delays in border crossing
inspections for northbound truck traffic. In developing the plans,
the department and coordinator shall consider information obtained
from any meetings under Subsection (a). The department shall
update the plan biennially and submit the updated plan to the
lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives,
and each other member of the legislature on or before December 1 of
each even-numbered year.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.