BILL ANALYSIS


                                                         S.B. 706
                                                    By: Wentworth
                                                    State Affairs
                                                           3-7-95
                                     Committee Report (Unamended)
BACKGROUND

Currently, newspaper delivery persons must wear their seatbelts at
all times.  Their duties often require frequent and inconvenient
entry and exit from their vehicles.

PURPOSE

As proposed, S.B. 706 provides that persons engaged in the actual
delivery of newspapers from their vehicles or performing delivery
duties that require frequent entry into and exit from their
vehicles are not required to wear a seat belt.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or
agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 107C(h), Article 6701d, V.T.C.S. (Uniform
Act Regulating Traffic on Highways), to provide that it is not an
offense for persons who are engaged in the actual delivery of
newspapers from their vehicles or performing delivery duties that
require frequent entry into and exit from their vehicles.

SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1995.

SECTION 3. Emergency clause.