Bill Text: TX SB816 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the appointment and recommendations of the Border Trade Advisory Committee.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-05-28 - Effective on 9/1/11 [SB816 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-SB816-Enrolled.html

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S.B. No. 816

AN ACT
relating to the appointment and recommendations of the Border Trade
Advisory Committee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsections (b) and (c), Section 201.114,
Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
(b) The coordinator shall serve on the Border Trade Advisory
Committee as presiding officer. The commission shall appoint the
other members of the committee, which to the extent practicable
must include:
(1) the presiding officers, or persons designated by
the presiding officers, of the policy boards of metropolitan
planning organizations wholly or partly in the department's Pharr,
Laredo, Odessa, or El Paso transportation district;
(2) the person serving, or a person designated by the
person serving, in the capacity of executive director of each
entity governing a port of entry in this state; [and]
(3) a representative each from at least two institutes
or centers operated by a university in this state that conduct
continuing research on transportation or trade issues; and
(4) the port director of the Port of Brownsville or the
port director's designee.
(c) The commission shall establish the Border Trade
Advisory Committee to define and develop a strategy and make
recommendations to the commission and governor for addressing the
highest priority border trade transportation challenges. In
determining action to be taken on the recommendations, the
commission shall consider the importance of trade with the United
Mexican States, potential sources of infrastructure funding at
border ports, including maritime ports, and the value of trade
activity in the department's districts adjacent to the border with
the United Mexican States.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 816 passed the Senate on
April 7, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 816 passed the House on
May 13, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, one
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor