Transportation Code § 201.6011

Sec. 201.6011. INTERNATIONAL TRADE CORRIDOR PLAN. (a) To the extent possible, the department shall coordinate with appropriate entities to develop an integrated international trade corridor plan. The plan must: (1) include strategies and projects to aid the exchange of international trade using the system of multiple transportation modes in this state; (2) assign priorities based on the amount of international trade, measured by weight and value, using the transportation systems of this state, including: (A) border ports of entry; (B) commercial ports; (C) inland ports; (D) highways; (E) pipelines; (F) railroads; and (G) deepwater gulf ports; and (3) address implementation of the recommendations of the Border Trade Advisory Committee under Section 201.114. (b) The department shall update the plan biennially and report on the implementation of this section to the presiding officer of each house of the legislature no later than December 1 of each even-numbered year. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 312, Sec. 78(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 791 (S.B. 183), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2005.