88R11453 SRA-D
 
  By: Blanco, et al. S.B. No. 2219
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the funding categories of the unified transportation
  program.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter P, Chapter 201, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 201.9915 to read as follows:
         Sec. 201.9915.  FUNDING CATEGORY RELATED TO PORTS OF ENTRY.
  (a)  In this section:
               (1)  "Project related to a port of entry" has the
  meaning assigned by Section 201.710.
               (2)  "Master plan" means the Texas-Mexico Border
  Transportation Master Plan developed by the department in
  collaboration with the border trade advisory committee and relevant
  federal agencies in the United States and the United Mexican
  States.
         (b)  The commission shall establish a funding category under
  Section 201.991(b)(2) for projects related to a port of entry,
  including projects recommended in the master plan.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.