TITLE: Relating to the installation of advanced x-ray inspection technology systems at certain Texas-Mexico border crossings.

SUMMARY: Relating to the installation of advanced x-ray inspection technology systems at certain Texas-Mexico border crossings.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the installation of advanced x-ray inspection technology systems at certain Texas-Mexico border crossings. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 411.02091 to read as follows: Sec. 411.02091. ADVANCED X-RAY INSPECTION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS AT INTERNATIONAL BORDER CROSSINGS. (a) The department, in collaboration with the Texas Department of Transportation, shall install advanced x-ray inspection technology systems that are non-intrusive at Texas-Mexico international border crossings to inspect commercial motor vehicles, as determined by the Texas Department of Transportation, in order to ensure safe, efficient, and streamlined commercial motor vehicle connectivity. (b) The department shall coordinate the installation of inspection technology systems described by Subsection (a) with the installation of similar technology systems by federal agencies as necessary to implement this section. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.