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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the appointment and recommendations of the Border Trade |
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Advisory Committee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 201.114(b) and (c), Transportation |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The coordinator shall serve on the Border Trade Advisory |
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Committee as presiding officer. The commission shall appoint the |
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other members of the committee, which to the extent practicable |
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must include: |
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(1) the presiding officers, or persons designated by |
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the presiding officers, of the policy boards of metropolitan |
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planning organizations wholly or partly in the department's Pharr, |
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Laredo, Odessa, or El Paso transportation district; |
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(2) the person serving, or a person designated by the |
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person serving, in the capacity of executive director of each |
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entity governing a port of entry in this state; [and] |
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(3) a representative each from at least two institutes |
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or centers operated by a university in this state that conduct |
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continuing research on transportation or trade issues; and |
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(4) the port director of the Port of Brownsville or the |
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port director's designee. |
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(c) The commission shall establish the Border Trade |
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Advisory Committee to define and develop a strategy and make |
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recommendations to the commission and governor for addressing the |
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highest priority border trade transportation challenges. In |
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determining action to be taken on the recommendations, the |
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commission shall consider the importance of trade with the United |
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Mexican States, potential sources of infrastructure funding at |
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border ports, including maritime ports, and the value of trade |
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activity in the department's districts adjacent to the border with |
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the United Mexican States. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |