HBA-DMH C.S.S.B. 192 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.S.B. 192
By: Lucio
Transportation
5/6/2001
Committee Report (Substituted)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Several ports of entry along the Texas-Mexico border are not part of
metropolitan planning organizations, which direct future transportation
projects and systems in urbanized areas of the state. C.S.S.B. 192 requires
the Texas Department of Transportation to include projects related to ports
of entry for certain areas along the border in its unified transportation
program. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

C.S.S.B. 192 amends the Transportation Code to require the Texas Department
of Transportation (TxDOT) to include projects related to ports of entry in
its unified transportation program or any successor to that program.  The
bill requires a metropolitan planning organization that has a port of entry
within its jurisdiction to include projects related to ports of entry in
its transportation improvement plan. In allocating money to projects, the
bill requires TxDOT to fund projects related to ports of entry from money
other than North American Free Trade Agreement discretionary funds.  The
Act applies only to a port of entry on the border with the United Mexican
States and does not apply to a port of entry at an airport. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE

C.S.S.B. 192 differs from the original bill by correcting a punctuation
error.