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                                                                  S.B. No. 569




AN ACT

relating to meetings between representatives of the Texas 
Department of Transportation and Mexican states on transportation 
and truck inspection issues.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 201.207, Transportation Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	Sec. 201.207.  CROSS-BORDER TRANSPORTATION AND 
INFRASTRUCTURE MEETINGS.  (a)  The department shall initiate 
efforts to meet at least quarterly [semiannually] with the 
department's counterparts in those states of the United Mexican 
States that border this state to discuss issues relating to truck 
inspections and transportation and infrastructure involved in 
truck inspections and transportation [issues.  To the extent 
practicable, the department shall meet at least semiannually with 
its counterparts in those bordering states to discuss 
transportation and infrastructure issues].
	(b)  To assist the department in carrying out this section, 
the department shall contact the border commerce coordinator 
designated under Section 772.010, Government Code, and the mayors 
of each municipality in this state in which a port of entry for land 
traffic is located.
	(c)  At least one department representative participating in 
a meeting under Subsection (a) must be proficient in Spanish.
	(d)  The department, in conjunction with the border commerce 
coordinator, shall develop short-range and long-range plans, 
including recommendations to increase bilateral relations with 
Mexico and expedite trade by mitigating delays in border crossing 
inspections for northbound truck traffic.  In developing the plans, 
the department and coordinator shall consider information obtained 
from any meetings under Subsection (a).  The department shall 
update the plan biennially and submit the updated plan to the 
lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, 
and each other member of the legislature on or before December 1 of 
each even-numbered year.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.

                                                                              




______________________________    ______________________________
President of the Senate             Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 569 passed the Senate on 
March 22, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 28, Nays 1; and that 
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 26, 2005, by the 
following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.




______________________________ 
   Secretary of the Senate             
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 569 passed the House, with 
amendment, on May 20, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, 
Nays 0, two present not voting.




______________________________ 
   Chief Clerk of the House            



Approved:


______________________________ 
            Date



______________________________ 
          Governor