HBA-EVB S.B. 1169 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 1169
By: Wentworth
Public Safety
4/30/1999
Committee Report (Amended)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, the Department of Public Safety (DPS) distributes 1,085,554
driver's handbooks annually at an agency cost of $231,797.44.  S.B. 1169
authorizes DPS to sell advertising in any driver's handbook that it
publishes,  except if such advertising promotes the sale of an alcoholic
beverage, or promotes the business of a person who manufactures, sells, or
distributes an alcoholic beverage, to defray the cost of publishing the
handbooks.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Subchapter A, Chapter 521, Transportation Code, by
adding Section 521.006, as follows: 

Sec. 521.006.  ADVERTISING IN DRIVER'S HANDBOOK.  (a) Authorizes the
Department of Public Safety (DPS), except as provided by Subsection (c), to
sell advertising in any driver's handbook that DPS publishes. 

(b) Requires DPS to deposit the proceeds from the advertising to the credit
of the driver's handbook advertising account. Provides that the driver's
handbook advertising account is an account in the general revenue fund that
is authorized to be appropriated only for the purpose of administration of
this chapter. 

(c) Prohibits DPS from selling advertising that promotes the sale of an
alcoholic beverage, as defined in Section 1.04 (Definitions), Alcoholic
Beverage Code, or that promotes the business of a person who manufactures,
sells, or distributes an alcoholic beverage. 

EXPLANATION OF AMENDMENTS

Amendment #1

Amends S.B. 1169 as follows:

Strikes Subsection (c) in SECTION 1 (Section 521.006, Transportation Code),
and inserts a new Subsection (c) to prohibit the Department of Public
Safety from including in the driver's handbook advertising for an alcoholic
beverage or a product promoting alcoholic beverages.