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Texas Government Code - Section 490.004. Functions Of Commission

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§ 490.004. FUNCTIONS OF COMMISSION.  (a) The commission 
shall:            
		(1)  represent government agencies within the 
Texas-Mexico border region to help reduce regulations by improving 
communication and cooperation between federal, state, and local 
governments;
		(2)  examine trade issues between the United States and 
Mexico;             
		(3)  study the flow of commerce at ports of entry 
between this state and Mexico, including the movement of commercial 
vehicles across the border, and establish a plan to aid that 
commerce and improve the movement of those vehicles;
		(4)  work with federal officials to resolve 
transportation issues involving infrastructure, including roads 
and bridges, to allow for the efficient movement of goods and people 
across the border between Texas and Mexico;
		(5)  work with federal officials to create a unified 
federal agency process to streamline border crossing needs;
		(6)  identify problems involved with border truck 
inspections and related trade and transportation infrastructure;
		(7)  work to increase funding for the North American 
Development Bank to assist in the financing of water and wastewater 
facilities;
		(8)  explore the sale of excess electric power from 
Texas to Mexico;        
		(9)  identify areas of environmental protection that 
need to be addressed cooperatively between Texas and the Mexican 
states;
		(10)  identify common challenges to health care on 
which all states can collaborate;  and
		(11)  develop recommendations, when possible, for 
addressing border challenges.
	(b)  The commission shall work with local governments, 
metropolitan planning organizations, and other appropriate 
community organizations in the Texas Department of 
Transportation's Pharr, Laredo, and El Paso transportation 
districts, and with comparable entities in Mexican states bordering 
those districts, to address the unique planning and capacity needs 
of those areas.  The commission shall assist those governments, 
organizations, and entities to identify and develop initiatives to 
address those needs.
	(c)  The commission shall work with industries and 
communities on both sides of the Texas-Mexico border to develop 
international industry cluster initiatives to capitalize on 
resources available in communities located adjacent to each other 
across the border.
	(d)  The commission may meet at least once a year with 
representatives from the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, 
Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas during the Border Governors Conference 
to discuss issues and challenges of the Texas-Mexico border region 
and develop strategic collaborative approaches for addressing the 
challenges.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 1215, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.          

Chapter 490, Texas-Mexico Strategic Investment Commission, was 
added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 1215, § 2.

For another Chapter 490, Funding for Emerging Technology, as added 
by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 280, § 1 and another Chapter 490, 
Texas Entrepreneurship Network, as added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., 
ch. 593, § 1, see § 490.001 et seq. and § 490.001 et seq., 
ante.

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