BILL ANALYSIS



S.B. 888
By: Sibley (Munoz)
05-04-95
Committee Report (Unamended)


BACKGROUND

     Currently, if a person wants to construct an off-premises sign
which is visible from a rural road, the person must register the
sign with the Texas Department of Transportation and pay a non-refundable fee.  Political signs which are erected 60 days before
an election are exempt from this registration requirement.

PURPOSE

     As proposed, S.B. 888 exempts from the regulation of outdoor
signs on rural roads a sign erected solely for and relating to a
public election if the sign is erected no sooner than the 90th day
before the election and is removed no later than the 10th day after
the election.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

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

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 12(a), Article 6674v-3, V.T.C.S., to
exempt from the regulation of outdoor signs on rural roads a sign
erected solely for and relating to a public election if the sign is
erected no sooner than the 90th, rather than the 60th, day before
the election and is removed no later than the 10th day after the
election.

SECTION 2. Emergency clause.
           Effective date: upon passage.


SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE ACTION

     SB 888 was considered by the Committee on Elections in a
public hearing on May 3, 1995.  SB 888 was reported favorably
without amendment, with the recommendation that it do pass and be
printed and be sent to the Committee on Local and Consent
Calendars, by a record vote of: 7 AYES, 0 NAYS, 1 PNV, 1 ABSENT.