| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to information on local regulations governing the |
|
|
placement of political signs in a municipality. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Section 259.003, Election Code, is amended by |
|
|
adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows: |
|
|
(e) The governing body of each municipality shall publish on |
|
|
the municipality's Internet website: |
|
|
(1) a copy of any local regulation governing the |
|
|
placement of political signs in the municipality's boundaries; and |
|
|
(2) a map outlining any area in the municipality in |
|
|
which the placement of political signs is specifically regulated or |
|
|
prohibited. |
|
|
(f) The clerk or secretary of the governing body of a |
|
|
municipality shall provide a copy of the local regulations and map |
|
|
described by Subsection (e) to: |
|
|
(1) each candidate for an office in the municipality; |
|
|
(2) the elections officer of each political |
|
|
subdivision whose boundaries cross into or are contained in the |
|
|
municipality's boundaries; and |
|
|
(3) the county chair or clerk of each political party |
|
|
in the county in which the municipality is located or, if the seat |
|
|
is vacant, the state chair of that political party. |
|
|
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |