BILL ANALYSIS


                                                         S.B. 888
                                                       By: Sibley
                                                    State Affairs
                                                          3-29-95
                                     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
nonrefundable 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 grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or
agency.

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.