BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center                                                                                                      S.B. 1822

                                                                                                                                            By: Fraser

Transportation & Homeland Security

4/27/2009

As Filed

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

Section 391.252, Transportation Code, governs the erection of billboards or off-premise signs displaying advertising that pertains to a business, person, organization, activity, event, place, service, or product not principally located or primarily manufactured or sold on the premises on which the sign is located.  Under Section 391.252, 19 roads and highways have been placed under a protected status in which off-premises signs are prohibited in order to protect the scenic beauty or property values of the area adjacent to the route.

As proposed, S.B. 1822 adds Ranch Road 1431 within Burnet County to the existing list of roadways in which off-premises signs are prohibited.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 391.252(a), Transportation Code, to prohibit a person from erecting an off-premise sign that is adjacent to and visible from Ranch Road 1431 in Burnet County.  Makes a nonsubstantive change.