LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
                          Austin, Texas

                           FISCAL NOTE
                       74th Regular Session

                          March 1, 1995



 TO:     Honorable Clyde Alexander, Chair       IN RE:  House Bill No. 835
         Committee on Transportation                    By: Craddick
         House of Representatives
         Austin, Texas






FROM: John Keel, Director

In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on House Bill No.
835 (Relating to violation of speed limits required by federal
law.) this office has determined the following:

The bill would make no appropriation but could provide the legal
basis for an appropriation of funds to implement the provisions
of the bill.

The bill provides that information on violations of the prima
facie speed limit imposed under Article 6701d, Section 169B and
not greater than the maximum prima facie speed limit for the
location, is confidential.  As such, the department may not
release the information to any person or to another state
governmental entity.

The Texas Department of transportation indicates that passage of
the bill could jeopardize the state's federal compliance rate
with regard to the national maximum speed limit, NMSL.   Certain
federal highway construction funds would be transferred to
traffic safety programs as a penalty for non-compliance.


The fiscal implication to  the State or units of local government
cannot be determined.


Source:   Department of Public Safety, Department of
Transportation
          LBB Staff: JK, ML, DF