Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 212 amends the Local Government Code to prohibit a municipality from banning political signs placed on private real property with the consent of the property owner, requiring a permit or charging a fee for the signs, restricting the size of a sign, or providing a charge for the removal of a sign that is greater than the charge for removing other signs regulated by ordinance. These restrictions on municipal regulation of signs do not apply to a sign or billboard that temporarily contains a political message but that is generally available for rent or purchase for nonpolitical messages, such as commercial advertising, or to a sign that has an effective area greater than 36 feet, is more than eight feet high, is illuminated, or has any moving elements.