Bill Text: TX SB357 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to outdoor advertising signs regulated by the Texas Department of Transportation.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB357 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB357-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to outdoor advertising signs regulated by the Texas Department of Transportation.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB357 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB357-Introduced.html
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By: Nichols | S.B. No. 357 |
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relating to the height of outdoor advertising signs regulated by | ||
the Texas Department of Transportation. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 391.038(b) and (c), Transportation | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) A sign [ |
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than 42-1/2 [ |
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rectangular border of the sign, measured: | ||
(1) from the grade level of the centerline of the | ||
main-traveled way, not including a frontage road of a controlled | ||
access highway, closest to the sign at a point perpendicular to the | ||
sign location; or | ||
(2) if the main-traveled way is below grade, from the | ||
base of the sign structure. | ||
(c) A person may not rebuild a sign [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 391.038(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. (a) Section 391.038(b), Transportation Code, as | ||
amended by this Act, applies only to a sign subject to a permit | ||
issued on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) Section 391.038(c), Transportation Code, as amended by | ||
this Act, applies only to a sign for which rebuilding begins on or | ||
after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |