Bill Text: TX SB2219 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the funding categories of the unified transportation program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-30 - Referred to Transportation [SB2219 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB2219-Introduced.html
88R11453 SRA-D | ||
By: Blanco, et al. | S.B. No. 2219 |
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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. |