Tex. Transp. Code § 201.710 · Subchapter I. FUNDS AND EXPENDITURES
PLANNING AND FUNDING OF PORTS OF ENTRY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section:
(1) "Port of entry" means a place designated by executive order of the president of the United States, by order of the United States secretary of the treasury, or by Act of the United States Congress at which a customs officer is authorized to accept entries of merchandise to collect duties, and to enforce the various provisions of the customs and navigation laws.
(2) "Project related to a port of entry" means a transportation project on the state highway system related to access to a port of entry in this state.
(b) This section applies only to a port of entry on the border with the United Mexican States. This section does not apply to a port of entry at an airport.
(c) The department shall include projects related to ports of entry in its unified transportation program or any successor to that program.
(d) A metropolitan planning organization that has a port of entry within its jurisdiction shall include projects related to ports of entry in its transportation improvement plan.
(e) In allocating money to projects, the department shall fund projects related to ports of entry from money other than North American Free Trade Agreement discretionary funds.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1226, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.201.htm
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