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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to enforceability of municipal prohibitions of outdoor |
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signs in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 216.902, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows: |
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(d) Except as provided by Subsection (e), a municipality |
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that extends its outdoor sign ordinance within its extraterritorial |
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jurisdiction may not enforce a prohibition on an outdoor sign in the |
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extraterritorial jurisdiction: |
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(1) unless the municipality adopts the ordinance |
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before the sign is placed; and |
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(2) until the municipality annexes in accordance with |
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Chapter 43 the property on which the sign is placed. |
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(e) Subsection (d) does not apply to an area in a |
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municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction that: |
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(1) is located within five miles of a military base; or |
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(2) is located in a county: |
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(A) located in the hill country viticultural |
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area; |
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(B) with a population greater than 240,000; and |
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(C) that includes the Blanco River. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |