LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 80TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

March 1, 2007

TO:	Honorable John Carona, Chair, Senate Committee on Transportation & Homeland Security
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB137 by Nelson (Relating to the prohibition of signs on certain roads.), As Introduced

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would authorize the commisioners court of a county, after the date of written notice to the Texas Department of Transportation, to prohibit by order the erection of off-premise signs on roads located in the county that are outside the corporate limits or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality.

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

Source Agencies:

601 Department of Transportation

LBB Staff:

JOB, KJG, DB